Last Things
“ Would she in the end portray the character based on her father as a womanizer, unfaithful with her aunt and others? It was not her father’s actions that shocked her. Had her mother ever suspected? The letters made Eleanor intelligible now in a way she had never been before. All that fussing concerned-aunt manner made clear that Eleanor could not imagine herself except as a Bernardo, an honorary Bernardo or Bernardo emerita; it was her identity. Of course Uncle Joe would have been second bes...t to Fulvio, so she had to worm her way into the affections of the paterfamilias too. Half-forgotten memories from years ago came to Jessica. The lake, the little sailboat, her mother wondering where her father had gone. “I can’t see the boat. Can you see the boat?”
“Were you ever discovered?”
“I want those letters.”
“I could have copies made for you.”
Her aunt’s open hand swept through the air and clapped against the side of her head, causing her ear to ring, her cheek to burn.MoreLess
“Were you ever discovered?”
“I want those letters.”
“I could have copies made for you.”
Her aunt’s open hand swept through the air and clapped against the side of her head, causing her ear to ring, her cheek to burn.MoreLess
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