“Worry for the living lifted her out of the shadows of the life she had arranged for herself. She continued to work on the biography of her father, but with the difference that it became a tribute and an occupation rather than a refuge. She dressed herself again and studied herself in her mirror carefully, for she was convinced that she and Veelee would be together again soon. She knew now that she would always love Veelee, and she accepted the fact joyfully because it counterbalanced the hatred... which had almost capsized her. It was a strong, green, growing hate; if it had been vines it would have covered all of Germany and paralyzed all Germans, crushing the life out of them slowly and agonizingly. Paule had spent the first months alone in the Cours Albert I, dressed only in a negligee and wandering from her bedroom to her study to lose herself in the work. She had sent all the servants away because of what all of them had not done to find Paul-Alain or to bring her running back to Paris to save him.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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