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Somebody from RSFic group suggested we write several paragraphs styling them after other authors' work. This is my attempt to write in Jane Austen style. It's a little piece, just a few paragraphs, which is exactly what was suggested. It was never meant to be a full story.
My big thanks to Ace for editing.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single young woman in possession of good looks, must be unable to survive in the business of men. However little known the skills or abilities of such a woman may be on her first entering a room, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding men and women, that she is considered a mere secretary aspiring to the acquisition of a better husband from a more prominent perch. "My dear Miss Holt," said a kindly lady to her one day, "you are in a wrong business. Detectives make for poor husbands. Unless, of course, you are aiming at catching a client?" Miss Holt replied that she was not. "But you must be," returned the lady; "for why else would such a pretty woman waste her time in a detective agency?" Miss Holt made no answer.
Another scene I can't chase out of my mind is Steele telling Laura she must allow him to tell her how ardently he admires and loves her and Laura replying, "It's five forty-five! You wait until five forty-five on a Friday night to tell me that?! Let me guess..." I have no idea where it might be going. Probably nowhere. I thought I'd share it, just for laughs. ~Yuliya |
