Abaft The Funnel Chapter 26 - The Three Young Men

In which Mrs. Hauksbee, with a discreet but sharp tongue, navigates a rather undignified public confrontation while maintaining her composure beside Mrs. Mallowe. The narrator, caught in a moment of crimson shame upon witnessing the tangible manifestations of his own Characters, observes wry commentary from the passing Gilead P. Beck on the spectacle’s curious spectacle.