Scarce Any Man by Atalan (G)

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Fandom: LORD PETER WIMSEY
Pairing: Harriet/Philip Boyes
Length: 2,600 words
Author Website: None that I know of
Why this must be read:


This is another "more of" fic, but this time one that shows us what Harriet was up to just after the events of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. It's a wonderful take on Sylvia and Eilunedd, on Vaughn, the ghastly Boyes-groupie, and on Phil himself, splendidly self-centred and blind to his own faults. The voice is pure Sayers, and although it's a vignette rather than a story proper, it's so absorbing that one wishes there were more.

Harriet privately thought that possession of a tea tray said less about one's bourgeois leanings than about the impracticality of juggling two mugs, a glass tumbler, and a bottle of not-terribly expensive champagne - but she was rather tired of rows, and lately even stupid things like tea trays had been known to provoke them, so she held her tongue.

Scarce Any Man

Comments

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's brilliant! I can't comment over there right now because I'm getting the despairing snowman, but I had to squee somewhere. Everyone is spot on -- and even Boyes makes perfect sense although we've never "met" him before.

Thank you for recommending it!

[azdak.livejournal.com]

The despairing snowman's loss is my gain :-) I'm delighted to know you enjoyed the story. As you say, it's absolutely spot on.