Chapter 11
Elaine was all of a flutter at the news of a mysterious visit we were to make. Thankfully, perhaps, I could tell her nothing of it. Had Pearl confided in me more I might have let her wheedle it out of me.
"Don't ask Pearl too much or she will be put out, she intends it to be a surprise for us," I said.
"Oh, very well, but I like to know what is happening."
"Sometimes it is best not to, surely there is much more fun in that," I replied, and knew the truth of it even as I spoke. Until now I had been able in great part to anticipate events. Now it was as if I were about to open doors beyond which lay mysteries. The thought made my veins tingle. Adorning ourselves in white waist corsets and white silk stockings with rosetted garters - "For purity," as Pearl said - we made oursel
