The Bay of Angels (2002)
“‘Voyons, Jean-Claude,’ said his mother. ‘Il est fatigué,’ she explained to the attentive circle of ladies who scrutinized every visitor on those longed-for Sundays, when the outside world was allowed into the Résidence Sainte Thérèse for a brief opportunity to monitor the progress of those too frail or too diminished to venture out.
‘C’est normal,’ said the lady with the crooked face, Mme Levasseur, but the light went out of her eyes. My mother laid a consoling hand on the hand which was slowly... replaced on the arm of the chair, as Mme Levasseur recovered her composure, which was considerable. So practised was this composure that she was able to summon a smile and to look indulgently on the recalcitrant Jean-Claude, who was sent off to draw at one of the small tables which, together with a selection of unmatched chairs, furnished the salon. The ladies sat expectantly, waiting for their visitors, for any visitors, for the sight of a man, a son, a nephew, even if such a man belonged to another.MoreLess
‘C’est normal,’ said the lady with the crooked face, Mme Levasseur, but the light went out of her eyes. My mother laid a consoling hand on the hand which was slowly... replaced on the arm of the chair, as Mme Levasseur recovered her composure, which was considerable. So practised was this composure that she was able to summon a smile and to look indulgently on the recalcitrant Jean-Claude, who was sent off to draw at one of the small tables which, together with a selection of unmatched chairs, furnished the salon. The ladies sat expectantly, waiting for their visitors, for any visitors, for the sight of a man, a son, a nephew, even if such a man belonged to another.MoreLess
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