One backward glance
The DeFiorini sisters – three of them – waited anxiously by the rail, scanning the crowd, hoping to glimpse a familiar face. The sun was setting and the ship was set to sail on the evening tide.
On every deck, crew members scurried to ready the liner for departure. A steward slipped into one stateroom and delivered three envelopes, addressed in spiky handwriting that would have been instantly recognizable to Francesca and Michaelina and Puff. It would be sometime yet before the missives were discovered.
In a salon at the Hotel Garamond, Montgomery Fortescue McTavitt gave up his wait. It would be sometime yet before he opened the safe in his suite to find it now contained a pair of snakeskin boots in place of a stack of negotiable securities.
In the square, only Clarice and Neville were present when the cloaked figure appeared, gave one backward glance in the direction of the harbor, crossed to the auto, and slid into the passenger compartment. It would be sometime yet before they noticed anything but each other.
The thrum of the powerful engine stirred the starlings from their nighttime roosts, but soon it faded as the car headed away from the ship, the hotel, and the old port town.
Thing-a-Day Forever 
Thank you, Terri, for another fabulous TAD. When you publish your Hotel Garamond book, I’m buying a copy and sending it to you for an autograph. Your stuff is awesome!
I’m so glad! The end of TAD always makes me a little melancholy… last year I said I would continue the Odd Fellow Odyssey and I didn’t get to it. This year, I am going to make a better effort at that! Follow along, if you like, on the Odd Fellow blog http://www.hotelgaramond.blogspot.com. I am actually considering collecting the images into a book, so stay tuned!
I’ve really enjoyed reading these.
I’m so glad! The end of TAD always makes me a little melancholy… last year I said I would continue the Odd Fellow Odyssey and I didn’t get to it. This year, I am going to make a better effort at that! Follow along, if you like, on the Odd Fellow blog http://www.hotelgaramond.blogspot.com. I’d love to see you there!