A Perfect Heritage
“Properly, down on one knee, smiling at his own foolishness as he did so, ring in pocket, eyes anxious.
She was seriously tempted. She didn’t love him, of course, but she was very fond of him and they had much in common: music, books, a love of walking. Sex had not entered the equation – he was too much of a gentleman even to propose it, but he was tactile and warm, liked her to take his arm, often reached for her hand in the cinema, or in concerts, kissed her tenderly when he left her. She was ...sure it would be – well, fine. And how important was it, after all, at her age?
She asked for time to think about it. She would want to continue with her career, she said. Would that be acceptable to him? He was retired, he might want her constant company. But he said that was fine, it was one of the things he most admired about her, her professional expertise; he had his golf and a lot of committees, and he had no wish to deprive her of something so important in her life. And he loved to hear the gossipy stories about the industry; about how Elizabeth Arden had her racehorses massaged with her Eight Hour Cream to improve their coats, how Helena Rubinstein loathed Charles Revson, creator of Revlon, but also admired him to the extent of buying Revlon stock, and how she witheringly referred to him as ‘that man’; and how, when he launched his male line, Revson christened it ‘That Man’ by way of a rejoinder.MoreLess
She was seriously tempted. She didn’t love him, of course, but she was very fond of him and they had much in common: music, books, a love of walking. Sex had not entered the equation – he was too much of a gentleman even to propose it, but he was tactile and warm, liked her to take his arm, often reached for her hand in the cinema, or in concerts, kissed her tenderly when he left her. She was ...sure it would be – well, fine. And how important was it, after all, at her age?
She asked for time to think about it. She would want to continue with her career, she said. Would that be acceptable to him? He was retired, he might want her constant company. But he said that was fine, it was one of the things he most admired about her, her professional expertise; he had his golf and a lot of committees, and he had no wish to deprive her of something so important in her life. And he loved to hear the gossipy stories about the industry; about how Elizabeth Arden had her racehorses massaged with her Eight Hour Cream to improve their coats, how Helena Rubinstein loathed Charles Revson, creator of Revlon, but also admired him to the extent of buying Revlon stock, and how she witheringly referred to him as ‘that man’; and how, when he launched his male line, Revson christened it ‘That Man’ by way of a rejoinder.MoreLess
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