Title: A Superior Dog
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey series
Rating: G
Length: 100
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Thanks go to AlexElizabeth, for writing A Brief History of the Patronage of Beatie Wilson for Yuletide this year, and turlough for recommending it.
Summary: Beatrice Wilson and a childhood dream realized

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It was a dog of a motorcycle; the fellow selling it said disparagingly. It managed to be lean and rangy and at the same time adjectives like ‘hulk’ and ‘brute’ came to mind. Perhaps that was due to the battered appearance, chipped paint, flaking leather and rusting chrome. But the engine growled a low, loud, enthusiastic note, and the frame was sturdy and straight. Nothing wrong with it a little oil and attention wouldn't fix.

Beatie Wilson loved it the moment she set eyes on it, and knew it for hers. Her good dog, racing with her to the future.

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Note: Beatrice and her sister Carola show up very briefly in "Gaudy Night", as quite young children. But even then, 'Beatie' knew she wanted a motorcycle. The one pictured (and the one I imagine her getting) is a Brough Superior. I can only assume that the person she got it from had no real idea what it was.