Katerina's Secret (2008)
“Would became wd, regiment became rgt, position became pn, artillery became aty, Ypres became Yp. His treatment was factual, entirely so, though he could not view the battle completely as an historian, for he had been there himself. Casualties evoked pictures of men blown to pieces by the power and ferocity of the German guns.
Rosamund was engrossed in her book a few yards away. On the other side of the lawn, Mademoiselle Dupont had Colonel Brecht by his ear. Edward, able to shut out extraneous ...sounds when his concentration was at its best, was patently not to be interrupted. Rosamund seemed equally unapproachable, such was her interest in her book, a biography of Queen Victoria. That left Colonel Brecht a helpless prisoner in the hands of Mademoiselle Dupont. From time to time he looked across at Rosamund, obviously in the hope that she would rescue him from the vivacious loquacity of the lady from Paris. Rosamund’s conversation might have a teasing quality, but Mademoiselle Dupont’s could be numbing.MoreLess
Rosamund was engrossed in her book a few yards away. On the other side of the lawn, Mademoiselle Dupont had Colonel Brecht by his ear. Edward, able to shut out extraneous ...sounds when his concentration was at its best, was patently not to be interrupted. Rosamund seemed equally unapproachable, such was her interest in her book, a biography of Queen Victoria. That left Colonel Brecht a helpless prisoner in the hands of Mademoiselle Dupont. From time to time he looked across at Rosamund, obviously in the hope that she would rescue him from the vivacious loquacity of the lady from Paris. Rosamund’s conversation might have a teasing quality, but Mademoiselle Dupont’s could be numbing.MoreLess
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