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Slight by Nathalie Boisard-Beudin

His lips pursed - the faux-virginal outfit apparently not meeting with his approval - his survey of my attire a clear censure. Tired of the comedy, I hung the buffoon high and short - with my garter - to the rafters, and walked out of the church a free woman.




Nathalie Boisard-Beudin is French yet living in Rome, Italy, working by day as in-house lawyer for the European Space Agency and by night scribbling furiously, with results being published in several anthologies, magazines and various on-line publications. Details can be found at http://wordofthedayfreshfresh.blogspot.com/ or http://spacedlaw.blogspot.com/.