Homecoming Girls
“Both girls were subdued. This last day had been significant, and neither had discussed with the other what had occurred. Not yet; the time wasn’t right, not until each had assimilated feelings and emotions and come to her own kind of judgement or understanding.
In her head, Jewel constantly repeated the Chinese proverb given to her by Sun Wa in order to make sense of it. That it was profound she had no doubt, but what did it mean to her personally? The answer to that particular question was at ...present unattainable.
Clara’s emotional senses were in confusion; she was attracted to James Crawford by his difference, for he was unlike any other man she had ever met; by his manner, which was polite and courtly and yet, beneath that exterior, undoubtedly passionate; hence his kiss and declaration, which had awakened a response in her that, she decided, must have been waiting, lurking even, beneath the calm and self-possessed exterior for which she was known.
The next morning they were given an early call so that they could finish packing their personal belongings.MoreLess
In her head, Jewel constantly repeated the Chinese proverb given to her by Sun Wa in order to make sense of it. That it was profound she had no doubt, but what did it mean to her personally? The answer to that particular question was at ...present unattainable.
Clara’s emotional senses were in confusion; she was attracted to James Crawford by his difference, for he was unlike any other man she had ever met; by his manner, which was polite and courtly and yet, beneath that exterior, undoubtedly passionate; hence his kiss and declaration, which had awakened a response in her that, she decided, must have been waiting, lurking even, beneath the calm and self-possessed exterior for which she was known.
The next morning they were given an early call so that they could finish packing their personal belongings.MoreLess
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