Showing posts with label Dickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dickens. Show all posts

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Mme. Defarge, je présume

This Parisienne d'un certain age was
enjoying a beautiful early-spring day
in the Jardins du Luxembourg.  She had
a great face and a chic outfit—but
all I could think of was the tricoteuse
in Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.