“She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane for the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others.”
″‘Did you draw this with your left hand or something?’
‘I’m not an artist, okay?’
He pinched his chin. ‘Art quality aside, this is an elegant design.‘”
“Erk, Yuk, or Gherkin. When I grew up and left school and left Barringa East for ever, I planned to change my name to something really elegant. It was a waste of time doing it before then.”