Oct 22, 2022
(Text in « » means they're speaking translated swedish)
"Save my handbag! Oh, save my handbag!"
"But you're holding it!" I said.
"Oh, so I am," she exclaimed. "Thank heavens ..." And she opened her large black handbag and started rummaging in its depths. At last she found her powder compact.
"I'm afraid my powder's sea-damaged," she said sadly.
"You're every bit as beautiful without it," I replied gallantly.
At that she gave me an unfathomable look and blushed deeply.
- a Young Moominmamma and Moominpappa, Moominpappa's Memoirs.