One look at a shoulder line and I know the whole night. I snapped my thread three times today.

• VictorineHand's shaking.
  JoséphineThis one always pokes right where it hurts.
• NinonSis, could you cut the back of my dress just a little lower?
  JoséphineNo. At your age, the neckline wins on its own.
• ThibaultThe scissors sounded shorter than usual today.
  JoséphineYou must be exhausted, living life hearing even that.