Glamour in Glass
“Sun streamed into their bedchamber, tiny motes of dust dancing in the light. She stretched, feeling all the effects of good health that she had not realized she had lost. Everything about the day seemed as if it were made for wonder.
Vincent had already arisen, no doubt to make his way to Brussels yet again. She could not find it in herself to resent the trip. Her glamour in glass had worked. What could be more perfect than that? Jane threw off the counterpane, unable to contemplate staying in ...bed. She felt the urge to find an activity to match her spirits.
The doctor had advised her to take fresh air and to go for gentle walks, so that is how she would spend the morning. A hearty breakfast, and then a stroll into town. Perhaps she would even go so far as the old Roman walls. Dressing herself in her blue high-collared walking suit, Jane marvelled at what it was to be hungry again. It had been so long since the thought of food had not turned her stomach that she had not at first recognised the pricking in her middle as hunger.MoreLess
Vincent had already arisen, no doubt to make his way to Brussels yet again. She could not find it in herself to resent the trip. Her glamour in glass had worked. What could be more perfect than that? Jane threw off the counterpane, unable to contemplate staying in ...bed. She felt the urge to find an activity to match her spirits.
The doctor had advised her to take fresh air and to go for gentle walks, so that is how she would spend the morning. A hearty breakfast, and then a stroll into town. Perhaps she would even go so far as the old Roman walls. Dressing herself in her blue high-collared walking suit, Jane marvelled at what it was to be hungry again. It had been so long since the thought of food had not turned her stomach that she had not at first recognised the pricking in her middle as hunger.MoreLess
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