Pirates
“The wires of the harpsichord still hummed a feeble lament when a door slammed soundly in the distance.
Phoebe did not stop to set the stool upright again; even that would be a presumption, and she had done enough meddling for one day. Instead, she ran the ringers of her right hand over the pristine ivory keys, gently, as if to soothe the instrument, and a tinkling spray of forlorn and fragile notes rose in the wake. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Old Woman, brown hands folded, face as se...rene as an angel’s, keeping her silent vigil.
“If only I had left him alone,” Phoebe mused with quiet misery.
“You wanted to help,” Old Woman responded benignly. “Still, his is a wound of the spirit, and even you cannot heal it. That is a task only Mr. Duncan himself can manage, with the help of his Maker.”
Phoebe turned to meet her friend’s placid gaze. “You are a marvel,” she said with affection, though she was still too sad to smile. “How did you get so smart?”
“I have lived a long time,”MoreLess
Phoebe did not stop to set the stool upright again; even that would be a presumption, and she had done enough meddling for one day. Instead, she ran the ringers of her right hand over the pristine ivory keys, gently, as if to soothe the instrument, and a tinkling spray of forlorn and fragile notes rose in the wake. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Old Woman, brown hands folded, face as se...rene as an angel’s, keeping her silent vigil.
“If only I had left him alone,” Phoebe mused with quiet misery.
“You wanted to help,” Old Woman responded benignly. “Still, his is a wound of the spirit, and even you cannot heal it. That is a task only Mr. Duncan himself can manage, with the help of his Maker.”
Phoebe turned to meet her friend’s placid gaze. “You are a marvel,” she said with affection, though she was still too sad to smile. “How did you get so smart?”
“I have lived a long time,”MoreLess
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