Autumn Lord
“When Diane looked up from where she sat on the bed, he said, "I'm not sure if the evening was a success or not." She smiled, then the smile eased into a silent laugh.
"I'm glad to see you enjoyed yourself, my dear," he told her. He came to sit beside her. "Alys insists on drama, and her brother's not much better." He patted her knee. "Everyone else enjoyed your story.
You keep telling stories and soon the people of Marbeau will love you." Her expression told him that she wasn't interested in having the people love her.
He patted her knee again. "There, there. Have they hurt you that much with their ignorant insults, my dear? Or is it just Simon you want to love you?" he asked, then cackled with laughter at her outraged reaction.
She shook her head and assumed an air of indifferent dignity. Jacques let the subject go. He crossed the room and picked up a papyrus scroll from his work table. He sat down in his chair by the lit brazier, to warm his old bones and for light to read the diffi...cult-to-decipher Egyptian characters.MoreLess
"I'm glad to see you enjoyed yourself, my dear," he told her. He came to sit beside her. "Alys insists on drama, and her brother's not much better." He patted her knee. "Everyone else enjoyed your story.
You keep telling stories and soon the people of Marbeau will love you." Her expression told him that she wasn't interested in having the people love her.
He patted her knee again. "There, there. Have they hurt you that much with their ignorant insults, my dear? Or is it just Simon you want to love you?" he asked, then cackled with laughter at her outraged reaction.
She shook her head and assumed an air of indifferent dignity. Jacques let the subject go. He crossed the room and picked up a papyrus scroll from his work table. He sat down in his chair by the lit brazier, to warm his old bones and for light to read the diffi...cult-to-decipher Egyptian characters.MoreLess
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