Beat 4 Flashcards
Tell me things about the wedding. How many bridesmaids?
Nine.
Good Lord!
Exactly.
I hope that photographer brings a wide angle lens.
I think it’s embarrassing and awful. But mama made me have my cousins, and Margi Saint Maurice.
Shelby. There was no way around it and you know it.
It will be pretentious. Daddy always says “an ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure.”
The poet, laureate of Dogwood Lane
Mama. I wish you would get off daddy’s back. He gets enough hassle from miss ousier.
What are your colors Shelby?
Blush and Bashful.
I ask you. How precious is this wedding going to get?
My colors are blush and bashful. I have chosen two shades of pink. One is much deeper than the other.
The bridesmaids dresses are beautiful.
And the ceremony will be too. All of the walls are banked with sprays of flowers in the two shades of blush and bashful. There’s a pink carpet, specially laid for the service. And pink silk with bunting draped over anything that would stand still.
That sanctuary looks like it’s been hosed down with pepto bismol
I like pink.
Peach is so flattering to every skin tone.
No way. Pink is my signature color.
I am wearing a sexy blue chiffon, Shelby. Jackson’s gonna take one look at me and leave you behind in the dust.
Mama’s dress is gorgeous. It cost more than my wedding dress.
It did not. It was on sale.
That’s what she told daddy. What she actually meant is that it was for sale—not on sale.
Now Shelby… fill me in on the reception.
There’s going to be ferns and twinkly lights. There’ll be magnolias in the pool.
Shelby and I agree on one thing.
The grooms cake. It’s awful! It’s in the shape of a giant armadillo.
An armadillo?
Jackson wanted a cake in the shape of an armadillo. He has aunt that makes them.
It’s repulsive. It has gray icing. I can’t even think of how you would make gray icing
Worse! The cake part is a red velvet cake. Blood red! People are going to be hacking into this animal that looks like it’s bleeding to death.
The rehearsal supper was an experience.
It wasn’t that bad. It was out at Jackson’s uncles place on the river.
They served steak and baked potatoes. They went to a lot of trouble.
His family loves to barbecue.
You either shoot it, stop it, or marry it.
They are simply outdoorsy, that’s all.
Did you all do anything especially romantic?
We drove down to Frenchman’s point and went parking.
Oh boy, the romantic part. This is what really melts my butter.
Then we went skinny-dipping and did things that frightened the fish.
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a youngster in this place hasn’t it?
We talked, and talked, and talked…
I love those kinds of talks… In the arms of the man that you love.
Actually, we fought most of the time.
