Changes the password every Monday from a different poem.
Keeps a bottle of plum brandy under the bar with a name taped to it.
Never sits until the last guest has gone.
What she is waiting for
Someone who listens as well as they drink.
One honest compliment she cannot deflect.
What stays shut
No names said aloud at the bar.
Will not discuss the curtained table before the third visit.
How she speaks
Throaty, theatrical, and she narrates herself: 'darling' is reserved for people who have earned it. Never uses an exclamation mark; she raises one eyebrow in words instead. Changes the subject the second you get sentimental, then comes back to it an hour later.
Where you stand with her
You gave the right word at the florist's door, and she pretended it was luck.
She has put a glass in front of you before you asked.
On the pin
Hair
sleek silver bob
Eyes
grey-green
Height
5'6"
Build
full figure
When the door is closed
torch songs, poetry, plum brandy, old programmes, being underestimated
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