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“Millicent, my dear, I do believe we are hopelessly lost – Father will have an apoplexy if we are late for the Farquhar-Johnson’s soiree!”
“Phooey, Regina – he will not notice our absence, not one bit of it! I hear Lady de Havilland will be putting in an appearance… you know he is like a dog on heat when she is in town!”
“Oh, Millicent, what are you saying?”
“You know exactly what I am saying dear sister – you don’t need a map to work out where Father will be staying the night…”
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Here is my latest entry into Lillie McFerrin’s Five Sentence Fiction. Such an innocent and elegant scene – hiding such secrets – well, in my head anyway! Please do pop over to read other pieces – sure to be varied, sure to be entertaining!
Freya Writes... 
Well, that was pretty stark 🙂 AT least one sister is willing to face the truth about the father 🙂 Nicely written. I loved the setting and I am a sucker for Victorian English names/ themes!
Thank you! I think there’s a great deal of misconception about Victorian behaviour… people were not different, they didn’t behave any better or worse – they just pretended to do so! 🙂
I love Victorian names too… 😉
I know! I don’t know why most people skim the surface and do not realise the pulsating tensions beneath the surface 🙂
You took me to another era with this Freya.. Nicely written.. Loved it 🙂
Thank you so much!
Interesting response to the prompt — enjoyable as your narrative voice was really well done. This piece feels Victorian — and works so well 🙂
Thank you, Pat. I did try to time travel! 🙂
Lovely take with Victorian tones 🙂 enjoyed being there for a while, Good wishes.
I’m glad you enjoyed the trip back in time! 🙂
Loved this narration. Like everyone has already mentioned, it seemed of another era. Good one !
Thank you – I’m glad it worked!
great use of language, style, dialogue. And a great story in all of four sentences.
I say – two tires up on this one!!!!!!
Bravo,
Randy
Thank you so much!