BEg2 ch23 more refs

[Michael Bailey]

Edith from Yenta Expresso apprises Maxine of Windust’s inquiring after her,
so Maxine asks, “ Nice shoes?”

         “High three figures, Edward Greens, snakeskin, appropriately
enough.”

Edward Green
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Green_Shoes

They have an office on Jermyn Street in London -
https://www.hawesandcurtis.com/blog/features/jermynstreetsuntoldstoriesandsecrets
“Aleister Crowley (primarily known for his occult writings and teachings
and considered by some in the British press to be "the wickedest man in the
world") met Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond) at the Cavendish Hotel
during World War 2, probably to discuss the arrival of Rudolf Hess from
Germany.”


https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC94EFE_piccadilly-arcade-jermyn-street?guid=c65a6b43-2295-4bb4-b65c-d7e2a9b73c63

*Notable Residents of Jermyn Street:*

Many tailors owned or still own the houses along the street and often
rented out rooms to people. No. 22, Jermyn Street, for instance was once
owned by Italian silk merchant Cesare Salvucci and a military tailor who
rented rooms out to people such as the banker Theodore Rothschild.

The Duke of Marlborough lived there when he was Colonel Churchill, as
did Isaac Newton (at No. 88, from 1696-1700; he then moved next door to No.
87, from 1700 to 1709, during which time he worked as Warden of the Mint),
the mid-18th century highwayman and apothecary William Plunkett,
the Duchess of Richmond, the Countess of Northumberland and the artist John
Keyse Sherwin (in whose rooms in 1782 the actress Sarah Siddons sat for him
for her portrait as "Euphrasia).

The Gun Tavern was one of the great resorts for foreigners of revolutionary
tastes during the end of the 18th century, whilst Grenier's Hotel was
patronised by French refugees. At the Brunswick Hotel, Louis Napoleon took
up his residence under the assumed name of Count D'Arenberg on his escape
from captivity in the fortress of Ham. Twentieth-century residents included
the 1930s 'big band' singer Al Bowlly (killed in his flat on the street by
a parachute mine during the Blitz in 1941).

Though he did not live there, a statue of the dandy Beau Brummell stands on
Jermyn Street at its junction with Piccadilly Arcade, as embodying its
elegant clothing values. Aleister Crowley lived in No. 93 during the Second
World War up until 1 April. It was through Crowley that Nancy
Cunard resided in a flat in Jermyn Street.



More from Edith on Windust:
“You might want to be careful though, he’s problematic.”

            “Client?”

         “Known to the community. Don’t get me wrong, lonely is OK, it’s my
bread and butter,
            I’m down with lonely, I’m down with desperate. But this guy . .
.”

          “Not that look, Edith please. This isn’t romantic.”

         “I’m in the business thirty years, trust me, how romantic is it?
As romantic as it gets.”


         “Creeping me out here. You’re saying I should expect him back?”

         “Don’t worry, I already gave them a heads-up at the Times, they’ll
spell your name right.”




“Windust seems to think it’s a date. He is done up, otherwise inexplicably,
in somebody’s idea of hipster gear—jeans, vintage sharkskin sport coat,
Purple Drank T-shirt, enough dress-code violations to get him thrown off
the L train.”

Purple Drank t-shirt, there’s a bunch of designs, I’ve never seen one in
the wild -
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/4000121910925.html?gatewayAdapt=Pc2Msite


Sharkskin sport coat - brick would go nicely with the purple
https://www.menswearhouse.com/p/lauren-by-ralph-lauren-brick-sharkskin-classic-fit-sport-coat-13WP13WR06


Thrown off the L Train? Hmm - overthinking maybe but there is an L Train
Cafe
https://www.dresscodefinder.com/new-york/l-train-cafe
Casual dress, no restrictions

The L train itself runs left to right from 8th St in Lower Manhattan to
Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn.
Desultory scrolling gleaned what seemed like a lot of nasty incidents on it.