Camille
“Dr. Bennett and I spoke only when necessary, and Strider seemed restless. The experiments were not going well. This I knew not from words but from the lines in Dr. Bennett’s forehead, which grew more pronounced each day.
A dreary mood hung over the room as we sat silently round the fire. “Will you be visiting your sister when the rain lifts?” Dr. Bennett’s question shattered the quiet.
“You mean my half sister, don’t you?” My posture straightened. “I don’t know when I’ll have time to go to Beth...lem in the near future.”
Dr. Bennett didn’t reply to my curt words but returned to his book with an expression that could not be described as anything but anguish. My gaze shot across the room to the settee where Strider passed the time folding sheets of newspaper into boats. How different his life would have been if his brother had returned and he’d gone on to a life at sea. How different my life would be if he’d gone to sea instead of the streets. Dr. Bennett and I would be sitting here in our orange room, sipping tepid tea and browsing books waiting for our next hunt.MoreLess
A dreary mood hung over the room as we sat silently round the fire. “Will you be visiting your sister when the rain lifts?” Dr. Bennett’s question shattered the quiet.
“You mean my half sister, don’t you?” My posture straightened. “I don’t know when I’ll have time to go to Beth...lem in the near future.”
Dr. Bennett didn’t reply to my curt words but returned to his book with an expression that could not be described as anything but anguish. My gaze shot across the room to the settee where Strider passed the time folding sheets of newspaper into boats. How different his life would have been if his brother had returned and he’d gone on to a life at sea. How different my life would be if he’d gone to sea instead of the streets. Dr. Bennett and I would be sitting here in our orange room, sipping tepid tea and browsing books waiting for our next hunt.MoreLess
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