“What did you think of this afternoon’s client?” Jack asked after they had both sat down with bowls of soup and thick slices of bread. He had come to his own conclusions but wanted to hear if Sarah had reached the same ones. “Her dress was costly,” she said without hesitation. She must have known this question was coming—Jack wasn’t fool enough to have a fashionable dressmaker as a sister without taking advantage of her knowledge whenever it could be useful. “And not versatile. Her pelisse and gown were trimmed with the same shade of Pomona green as her hat, gloves and boots. Each of those
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