Once Upon a Mid-July Night and ‘twas nearly morning. Pink patches ribboned through the inky sky.
Felix sighed and settled into the Louis XIV chesterfield. He loosened his olivine cravat. The lamp’s glow captured a glimmer of the large Peridot stone in the ring he wore on his left hand. The jewel’s hue exactly matched the colour of the ascot.
“It was a successful evening.”
Across sat Olaf in a green La-z-boy chair and while it did not go with the décor it accommodated his tall and stocky frame better than the antique furnishings. From the adjacent lamp, light shone on his hair, and with the reflection of the crimson walls, gave his head the appearance of a red halo.
With eyes half closed, Felix agreed. “We made a wise choice to attend the Southhapton ball.”
Olaf pulled a starched linen handkerchief from his pocket and dabbed at the corner of his mouth. “Such a fine class of blue-bloods.”
“The ladies tonight were magnificent. Tessa in her golden gown and lovely décolletage was delectable.”
“Yes,” Olaf agreed. “I noticed. But Rebecca enchanted me all night. I couldn’t get enough. Her chestnut hair kept falling out of its pins and she must have had her green velvet gown specifically designed to harmonize with her eyes.”
“A perfect evening. Warm enough to linger with the ladies in the garden without them calling for a wrap and the scent of the lavenders was not so heady as to take away from their female perfumes.”
A knock sounded on the oak door “Enter,” declared Olaf.
Attired in a formal black suit the butler stepped into the room, a platinum tray held behind his back.
“Will there be anything else sirs?” He glanced at each gentleman.
“Night cap?” Asked Olaf.
“No I am thoroughly sated.”
“As am I,” and Olaf fell back into his chair lacking energy to move.
Felix said, “No Janosh. You can go to bed now.”
“Very good Sir,” and the butler vanished into thin air.
The two men sluggishly rose from their seats, extinguished the lamps, headed to the marble staircase and descended into the mansion’s caverns.
Olaf yawned. “Oh I am tired.”
Felix concurred. “We both need a rejuvenating rest.”
So saying they tucked themselves into their fine stone sarcophagi.
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written for
Blogophilia Week 26.6 – Once Upon a Mid-July Night
Bonus Points:
(Hard, 2 pts): Have something vanish into thin air
(Easy, 1 pt): Mention olivine
Ahhhhh…. You have the twist of the challenge, here!! Bravo…. 🙂
Firsties to you Sir and thanks very much
For the stone cold rest.
I guess the ladies were left a mere shade of themselves.
didn’t want to use the word coffins
The ladies were fine – had enjoyable evening
So, being had for dinner meant, really being had for dinner? Oh, my…
it’s what vampires do
Thoroughly sated indeed! A fine end to a delicious evening! Very interesting work on the topics. I like it and I really like the décor in that room!
delicious indeed
I must say that this left me bleeding for more! 8 points Earthling! 🙂
bloody right!
I love your descriptions Sue…
you have it down to perfection …. even Peridot .. french for the stone… love it!!
the furniture was so correct in every way… a drawing room perfection indeed…
Felix and Olafs attire was brilliantly addressed girl…
then you go and hit me with a twist… ANOTHER PERFECT!!…
tucking themselves in indeed…. ahahah… very droll 🙂
quite an enchanting tale Sue… brilliantly written… loved it 🙂 xxx
you are teaching me the twist and droll is a good adjective thank you
loved this! so many great bits!
a bit of this and that
It is lovely – a feel of true old fashioned society
thank you – that was the atmosphere I was aiming for
Love the language and that final twist Sassysue!
thank you – been taking lessons from Trev and the language bit too
Ahhhh!!! I love this…. had a very Gatsby-ish feel to it, and then BAM! Wonderfully done, as always!!! 😀
Thank you for that wonderful comment *grinning*
As though I’m right there in the middle of the scene as I read. Wonderful piece!
and did you venture downstairs as well? 😀
Love it!
Oh this was simply delicious!
Yes, Olaf and Felix thought so 😀
Hahaha, love the ending! Too funny 😀
Beautiful details throughout, but I especially loved that second sentence 😀
Nice work, Sue!
wow! Thank you
You know I’m a sucker for description 😉
A fantastic write as usual. 🙂
–DJ
thank you
You always take me by surprise. Wonderful.
that’s a good thing!