Mrs. Grant And Madame Jule
“Grant and Madame Jule Chapter Twenty FEBRUARY–MARCH 1865 I’m afraid I might be obliged to leave Washington soon,” Jule confessed sadly as she and Emma made their way to church one icy morning in late February, linking arms to steady themselves. Earlier that week, an unexpected taste of spring warmth had melted the ice along the banks of the Potomac and drenched the city in rain, but temperatures had plummeted overnight, freezing puddles and ruts in the muddy streets into a precarious landscape ...frosted in white. “Maybe for New York or Boston.”
“But why?” Emma protested, not daring to lift her gaze from the icy terrain underfoot. “You’re comfortably settled. You have almost more work than you can manage. You have dear friends who would miss you terribly.” She gave Jule’s arm a little squeeze to indicate that she considered herself foremost among them. “Why would you want to start over somewhere else?”
“I don’t want to.”MoreLess
“But why?” Emma protested, not daring to lift her gaze from the icy terrain underfoot. “You’re comfortably settled. You have almost more work than you can manage. You have dear friends who would miss you terribly.” She gave Jule’s arm a little squeeze to indicate that she considered herself foremost among them. “Why would you want to start over somewhere else?”
“I don’t want to.”MoreLess
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