<blockquote>On her way home, Favourite buys a shawl - a pretty thing, fine, expensive silk too light for the coming winter but with a deep rich color that will draw becoming highlights into her hair and match the tint of her lips. Settled around her shoulders, it conceals last year's now-unfashionable neckline and lends weight to her confident, carefree air; a weight she needs to hide the fluttering lightness in her stomach.</blockquote>
