Things Seen

[bunn]

An older woman, her face surrounded by a dramatic grey curly bush of wild hair, wearing a smart dark red velvet trouser suit with a tailored jacket,  stomping enthusiastically on top of a fiercely-smoking bonfire.

I hope she's not going to have to try to get the smoke out of the velvet later.   But it was such an odd thing to wear for the task, I am guessing there is some special significance to it.  Perhaps she will take off the velvet suit, once all the other things are burned, and ritually burn that too.

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[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

An older lady in a tailored red velvet jacket was on the same train as me this morning! Her hair was tamed, but looked as if it could easily turn into a dramatic grey curly bush of wild hair if given half a chance. There were no red velvet trousers, sadly, but perhaps the bonfire had rendered them unwearable. She got on at Southampton, and was still on the train when I got off at Crawley. Next stop on that line: Gatwick.

Clearly your bonfire lady, having finally broken free from her no-good husband, is flying off somewhere exotic, to have all the wild adventures she could have had when young, had she not married him. A handsome Spanish waiter might be involved, or maybe Finding Herself in Florence. Perhaps even a bestselling memoir, which will be turned into a movie in 2021, doubtless starring Judi Dench or Helen Mirren.

See? I can make up stories that don't involve Dark Lords. :-P

[bunn.livejournal.com]

:-o This seems extremely likely.

Finding Herself in Florence as a title would look good on the movie posters.