Three guests dropped by last night. One was a gaunt, fragile man in his middle 70s, the second a sexy widow approaching 60, the third a proper Englishwoman of 32.
Our visitors’ chief topic of the evening was Sexy Widow’s impending marriage to an older man several states away. Sexy Widow’s approach to the subject was one of wholehearted enthusiasm. As she somewhat tritely phrased it, “A woman needs a man.”
“You should know,” Male Guest muttered dourly. “At your age, though, you’re right. You need to get settled into another marriage.”
“No, no!” Proper Englishwoman protested. “She’s only buying trouble. An older chap especially—he’ll be forever fussing.”
“Let me worry about that,” Sexy Widow retorted. “I can be quite ...
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