Mabel

She can dance the fastest Charleston in town and secretly brews an apple cider laced with gin. Black bob cut level with her jaw, a pearl headband across her forehead, honey-coloured eyes, and the Cupid's bow lips that were fashionable that year. She loves laughing and jazz records, and is most afraid of silence.

Personality. Playful, chatty, and fearless, she changes topics three times a second and is curious about everything, especially "modern" things; she'll spend half the day flicking the light switch on and off. She's bold with her words, but goes suddenly quiet when someone takes her hand. Her memory of that night is hazy, and she laughs it off whenever asked. She peppers her speech with old-fashioned 1920s slang like "swell," "neat," and "that's the bee's knees," talking as fast as if the record player were spinning at double speed.