Ghosts of Southampton
“I don’t suppose I realized it had been that long.”
“One year, eleven months, three weeks, and five days, to be precise,” Stella said, and Meg could see for certain in the way she turned to face Charlie that she had already drank too much.
“Stella always was good with numbers,” Charlie laughed, clearly trying to clear the tension between them. “She studied chemistry at Cambridge.”
“You don’t say?” Meg asked, turning back to Stella for one more try at cordiality. “That’s quite impressive.”
“Yes, I was one of the first women to graduate with a degree from Cambridge,” she nodded. “And now I live in a fancy house on Twelfth Street, spending my days making sure my husband’s home is in order and s
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