Showing posts with label mother-in-law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mother-in-law. Show all posts

Friday, 21 November 2008

Dabbing her temples




Mrs Morrison, my Medusa-in-law, was lying on the sofa, with a maid dabbing her temples with eau-de-cologne…



Flash For Freedom!, p.17, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.




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Sunday, 27 July 2008

More like a vulture

Mrs Morrison, who in defiance of probability had grown with the years even more like a vulture, gave a gasp of disgust…



Royal Flash, p.58, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.




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Saturday, 3 February 2007

Fading beauty


Four heads inclined in reply, and one nodded - this was Mistress Morrison, a tall, beak-nosed female in whom one could detect all the fading beauty of a vulture.





Flashman, p. 54, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.


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