WoW Weekly 100 words #4

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

...... puts on a dress with a pattern of white plum blossoms against a robin's egg blue background. I wear loose white linen trousers and a navy blue short-sleeved top. T hen we pass the morning looking through what's left in our closet. It's in May's nature to spend hours at her toilette, choosing the right scarf to tie around her throat or purse to match her shoes, so she tells me what we should look out for and I write it down.
It's late afternoon when we pin on hats and pick up our parasols to protect us from the....