As soon as Gerry was satisfied that his sister had agreed to everything, he left.
“You must see Mama first,” Carmella had proposed.
“I think that would be a mistake,” Gerry replied. “She might think it strange that I have dropped in without some reason and, quite frankly, Mella, we have to work quickly if you are to look anything like a professional beauty by next weekend.”
Carmella laughed because it was a ridiculous idea, but she understood what her brother was saying and waved him goodbye as he drove off in a smart chaise he had borrowed from one of his friends.
It seemed extraordinary to her that, if he had a friend who had anything so expensive as a chaise with two fine horses and another who ‘looked after’, whatever that might mean, a very talented actress, he could not borrow so
