Darkest Longings
“Claudine and Monique were in the village, watching with much amusement as Solange pedalled unsteadily round the square, with Liliane’s bemused face poking up over the rim of the box Armand had attached to the bicycle.
‘It’s a triumph!’ Claudine declared, delighted to see Solange back in spirits again. She had cried herself to sleep in Claudine’s arms the night before, not only because she missed Louis so terribly, but because not one of the young village men who had returned from the front in... the past weeks had been able to give her news of Lucien.
‘Isn’t it?’ Solange called back. ‘We can even go into Chinon together,’ she told Liliane. ‘Of course, we shall have to walk up the hill, but going down the other side will be no problem.’ ‘It might be wise to get Armand to adjust the brakes,’ Gustave muttered. ‘That hill is quite steep, you know.’ ‘Good idea,’ Claudine laughed. ‘I’ll talk to him.’ Her relationship with Armand was easier now. He hadn’t mentioned Estelle since the night he first talked of her, but he definitely seemed calmer, more his old self.MoreLess
‘It’s a triumph!’ Claudine declared, delighted to see Solange back in spirits again. She had cried herself to sleep in Claudine’s arms the night before, not only because she missed Louis so terribly, but because not one of the young village men who had returned from the front in... the past weeks had been able to give her news of Lucien.
‘Isn’t it?’ Solange called back. ‘We can even go into Chinon together,’ she told Liliane. ‘Of course, we shall have to walk up the hill, but going down the other side will be no problem.’ ‘It might be wise to get Armand to adjust the brakes,’ Gustave muttered. ‘That hill is quite steep, you know.’ ‘Good idea,’ Claudine laughed. ‘I’ll talk to him.’ Her relationship with Armand was easier now. He hadn’t mentioned Estelle since the night he first talked of her, but he definitely seemed calmer, more his old self.MoreLess
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