It had been a rough day, so when
I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear
gruntled and consolate.
I was furling my wieldy umbrella for the
coat check when I saw her standing alone in a corner. She was a descript
person, a woman in a state of total array. Her hair was kempt, her clothing
shevelled, [or should that be hevelled?—BES] and she moved in a gainly
way.
I wanted desperately to meet her, but I knew
I'd have to make bones about it, since I was travelling cognito. Beknownst
to me, the hostess, whom I could see both hide and hair of, was very proper,
so it would be skin off my nose if anything bad happened. And even though
I had only swerving loyalty to her, my manners couldn't be peccable. Only
toward and heard-of behavior would do.
Fortunately, the embarrassment that my maculate
appearance might cause was evitable. There were two ways about it, but
the chances that someone as flappable as I would be ept enough to become
persona grata or a sung hero were slim. I was, after all, something to
sneeze at, someone you could easily hold a candle to, someone who usually
aroused bridled passion.
So I decided not to risk it. But then, all
at once, for some apparent reason, she looked in my direction and smiled
in a way that I could make heads or tails of.
I was plussed. It was concerting to see that
she was communicado, and it nerved me that she was interested in a pareil
like me, sight seen. Normally, I had a domitable spirit, but, being corrigible,
I felt capacitated—as if there were something I was great shakes at—and
forgot that I had succeeded in situations like this only a told number
of times. So, after a terminable delay, I acted with mitigated gall and
made my way through the ruly crowd with strong givings.
Nevertheless, since this was all new hat
to me and I had no time to prepare a promptu speech, I was petuous. Wanting
to make only called-for remarks, I started talking about the hors d'oeuvres,
trying to abuse her of the notion that I was sipid, and perhaps even bunk
a few myths about myself.
She responded well, and I was mayed that
she considered me a savory character who was up to some good. She told
me who she was. "What a perfect nomer," I said, advertently. The conversation
became more and more choate, and we spoke at length to much avail. But
I was defatigable, so I had to leave at a godly hour. I asked if she wanted
to come with me. To my delight, she was committal. We left the party together
and have been together ever since. I have given her my love, and she has
requited it.