Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Stop trying to make me read girl's books!

I just got a big book on the siege of somewhere unpronounceable in Poland in WW1. That's a proper man's book.
It sounds perfectly ghastly.

I've just reached a bit where Villy, needing a new frock for Louise's wedding but lacking the coupons, is going to Liberty to seek a suitable table cloth from which to fashion a dress, since linen and tablewear aren't on the ration! Shrood.

I'm with child to learn what she finds. I'm thinking... damask, maybe? Cheesecloth?