After the snow has fallen
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estdeus_innobisWednesday, early evening; after the snow has stopped but the power is still out.
It seems that I missed some excitement last night. When I came through from the apartment to the inn proper in the late morning, I found a note from Adam.
Boss -
There was a bit of a ruckus here last night. Some girl took her clothes off and got offended when Billy Hogan got fresh. A fight broke out - just the usual broken glasses. Will tell you more about it when I'm in next. Don't believe everything any of the regulars tell you - I was the only one who wasn't drunk.
A.
I would, perhaps, have got to hear some of those stories, and I must say I'm terribly curious, but then it started snowing. It has been a long time since I saw snow fall like it did this afternoon; since I lived in New London, I think, for Versailles was warmer. The Whitechapel is quiet enough during the early afternoons anyway, so we locked the front door, Cora and Peter soon settled into a high stakes game of gin rummy, and I went to make sure that Hermia and Alice were alright. Luckily we have plenty of food and firewood, and the apartment is well furnished with candles.
The snow has settled down now, but it is very dark outside and the power is still out. So I come back into the bar and Cora - cheerful for once, having managed to take most of Peter's wages for this week - and I get the fire banked as high as possible and line the windows with candles so that passerby can see that we are open, and I unlock the front door. I imagine that many people's homes will be very cold and very dark this evening, and what better cure for that than company and alcohol?
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It seems that I missed some excitement last night. When I came through from the apartment to the inn proper in the late morning, I found a note from Adam.
Boss -
There was a bit of a ruckus here last night. Some girl took her clothes off and got offended when Billy Hogan got fresh. A fight broke out - just the usual broken glasses. Will tell you more about it when I'm in next. Don't believe everything any of the regulars tell you - I was the only one who wasn't drunk.
A.
I would, perhaps, have got to hear some of those stories, and I must say I'm terribly curious, but then it started snowing. It has been a long time since I saw snow fall like it did this afternoon; since I lived in New London, I think, for Versailles was warmer. The Whitechapel is quiet enough during the early afternoons anyway, so we locked the front door, Cora and Peter soon settled into a high stakes game of gin rummy, and I went to make sure that Hermia and Alice were alright. Luckily we have plenty of food and firewood, and the apartment is well furnished with candles.
The snow has settled down now, but it is very dark outside and the power is still out. So I come back into the bar and Cora - cheerful for once, having managed to take most of Peter's wages for this week - and I get the fire banked as high as possible and line the windows with candles so that passerby can see that we are open, and I unlock the front door. I imagine that many people's homes will be very cold and very dark this evening, and what better cure for that than company and alcohol?
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Date: 2010-01-23 01:29 am (UTC)"Yeah, no need to scare the horses, right?" I say, and I screw up my courage and touch Gaueko's arm. "Come on, I'm sure he didn't hurt your girl, he's a nice guy, he really really is." He really is, and I'm kinda proud I managed not to say I'm sure he didn't do anything she didn't want him to 'cause I think that might not go over so well right now. "Let me get the next round and I'm sure you can sort this out, right?"
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Date: 2010-01-23 01:54 am (UTC)Spare him a glance, but then he's up and roaring at Iago. The girl darts in front of him, growling like a guard dog at the pesi hudiča. Laclos keeps calm, tells us to take it outside, and then Iago's smoothing things over.
Mostly. Doesn't remember Glass, and for a moment I'm tempted to shout at him too. Doubt he's just being obstinate, though. Zann touches črni pes and that should calm him down. Stay sitting, me. No need to make things worse by standing up.