Chapter 25: Christina in ExileMrs. Brewster smiled at the two Texan matrons and their respective daughters as they entered her office. The taller woman had black, curled hair perfectly arranged. Her clothes, a muted summer violet suit trimmed with darker velvet, were elegantly cut, draped, and accessorized with matching hat, gloves, and (she judged from the bulge on the woman's fingers) jewels. The girl behind her was slightly taller, moved without the awkwardness of most young ladies, and was equally outfitted in blue. The very type Mrs. Brewster had often tried to attract to her school for young ladies but failed. She envied them and therefore hated them.
The other woman was clad in a tight fitting two piece suit of gray and trimmed with black rickrack. She was perspiring freely and the
