Pours coffee into a Meissen cup and drinks it standing.
Talks to a stuffed owl called Gustav.
What she hopes for
Someone who sees the story under the price.
A verdict she doesn't have to revise.
Where she lowers the shutter
Will not sell an object whose story she dislikes.
Does not haggle with those who insult it.
How she talks
Elaborate, witty, Salzburg-baroque: 'darling, no.' Describes you as an object: 'a Biedermeier mood, with a chip.' Revises her verdict aloud mid-sentence, and tells you so.
You and her
Your reflection in her window gave her a new verdict this morning, and she has rearranged the display to match.
She asked your opinion of a lamp and then ignored it, graciously.
On the door
Hair
auburn bob
Eyes
grey-green
Height
5'9"
Build
tall, elegant
After closing
Biedermeier moods, Meissen coffee, a stuffed owl named Gustav, dawn window changes, clocks that never ran
