Midge’s and Annabel’s pearls
In our special supplement, we pair characters from fiction with truly imaginative – but entirely real – jewellery. Here, Midge and Annabel, from “The Standard of Living”, contemplate a pearl strand by Mikimoto
“All right,” she said. “So you’ve got this million dollars. So what would be the first thing you’d do?”
“Well, the first thing I’d do,” Midge said, “I’d get a mink coat.” But she said it mechanically, as if she were giving the memorised answer to an expected question.
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