loving today: book 9

The last literary Loving Today inspired by this post.

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Then she smiled for the first time. "Do you give names to other things like that?"

"Sometimes," said Steerpike. "I have a disrespectful nature".

"Do you give people names?"

"I have done".

"Have you got one for me?"

Steerpike sucked the end of his swordstick and raised his straw-coloured eyebrows. "I don't think I have," he said. "I usually think of you as Lady Fuchsia".

"Do you call my mother anything?"

"Your mother? Yes".

"What do you call my mother?"

"I call her the old Bunch of Rags," said Steerpike.

Fuchsia's eyes opened wide and she stood still again. "Go away," she said.

"That's not very fair," said Steerpike. "After all, you asked me".

"What do you call my father, then? But I don't want to know. I think you're cruel," said Fuchsia breathlessly.

extract from Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake

1. Fatal Attraction print by Ida Larsen Fantasy Art Prints

2. Mourning brooch with modern painting by Moon's Adornments & Amulets

3. Guardians of the Castle original photo by Tammie Bowden Photography

4. The Ghost's Library Num. 1 by Moon Is Singing Photos

5. Kitty-Corner photo print by Made by SwirlyGirl

6. Cleaver charm necklace by Gritty Jewelry

7. Baroque/steampunk jacket by 4ndra

8. Gothic silk fantasy gown by Romantic Threads