![]() ![]() In a loud, clear voice which betrayed the timidity it was meant to disguise I said, "I want two large Elephants, please." This sentence, formulated as I hesitated outside, seemed to me a triumph of expertise, until I saw the expression on the girl's face. The 'son' riled me (though it might have been 'sonny'). Having served customers to my right and left, she deigned to notice me. ![]() She appeared entrancingly desirable, even though she was pathetically plain and undernourished. ![]() From home training I knew she was 'common' and probably fast. Her cheeks were white with powder, her thin lips painted with greasy lipstick in a parody of passion. The author, under age, visits 'the Blue Posts' public house off Tottenham Court Road (Central London)īehind the bar was a peroxide blonde who pulled beer dreamily as she conversed with a red foxy-faced man sitting on a stool. Extract from "The Magic of my Youth" by Arthur Calder-Marshall ![]()
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