[ She raises an eyebrow, pinching her mouth into a smile, that perhaps, oh another woman, might be a fit of laughter.
Perish the thought, of course.
Instead, when Lakshmi goes to speak, it isn't her proper, carved out words in English - Trade, whatever they called it here, that came from the best tutors her husband could afford and conversations only with commissioned Officers of the Crown.
No, no when she speaks it comes out a thick cockney accent, half dragged through the mud for how the letters drop.
She hoped Finley and the Muses' girls were proud. ]
Well, aren't you the Guv'ner. Then why don't you get your bloody arse out of bed and stop crying like a dodder just because I'm putting you in the pan for half a morning? Up, up, up, girl, this ain't a flummet job, stop acting like it or I'll light the damn davis' dust under your sheets, then we'll see you run like a thom-tug after his tackle.
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Date: 2019-01-07 12:44 pm (UTC)Perish the thought, of course.
Instead, when Lakshmi goes to speak, it isn't her proper, carved out words in English - Trade, whatever they called it here, that came from the best tutors her husband could afford and conversations only with commissioned Officers of the Crown.
No, no when she speaks it comes out a thick cockney accent, half dragged through the mud for how the letters drop.
She hoped Finley and the Muses' girls were proud. ]
Well, aren't you the Guv'ner. Then why don't you get your bloody arse out of bed and stop crying like a dodder just because I'm putting you in the pan for half a morning? Up, up, up, girl, this ain't a flummet job, stop acting like it or I'll light the damn davis' dust under your sheets, then we'll see you run like a thom-tug after his tackle.