In Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Laurey and Curly musically list all the don’ts necessary to keep their neighbors in the wide open spaces from “suspecting things” about the cowboy and the farm girl.
“Things” means love, of course.
In the song, folks in love who don’t want to appear in love should not praise charms, take arms, stand in the rain, or look vain; they ought not sigh, gaze, laugh or glow; and they must never throw bouquets, dance all night, or squirrel away each other’s roses and gloves.
That’s an awful lot of don’ts to remember and, despite the list, the neighbors got the gist. Laurey and Curly fooled no one–except maybe Jud, but what he thought was love would have to be a different post.
If you are writing a mystery, a down low love affair may be necessary. Sleuths have a bad habit of falling for…
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