Author's note: Scenelet from The Perils of Penelope, retold from Penny's POV.
Prompt 23, Mixed drinks
The liquor was by Pernod, strong and anise flavored, prepared at her table in the traditional manner. Its milky, mint green color promised the drink was properly made.
Penelope smiled at Sir Jeremy, and began raising the glass to her pink tinted lips, eager to savor her Parisian tradition.
A gunshot cracked; the glass broke, spilling its contents on both gloves and frock. Affronted, she glanced toward her car, and her accomplice.
"Beg pardon, Milady, but the drink was drugged," he informed her.
Thwarted in her pleasure, she sighed. "Oh dear, how tiresome. It looked such a pretty Pernod, too."