The Island of Dangerous Dreams (2013)
“I think it was Aldo’s suggestion that we put her to bed and leave her alone to rest that stopped the wild tears.
“No!” Benita practically hung on Aunt Madelyn. “You can’t leave me alone!”
“Then let’s all go downstairs,” Madelyn said as she tried to break Benita’s grip. “You can lie on one of the sofas, Benita.”
We managed to make it downstairs and deposited Benita on a sofa in the living room near one of the open veranda doors. For some reason—probably because Benita was being such a nuisance—I... kept thinking of that line from Hamlet, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
The breeze carried the clean fragrance of sea salt and I breathed it in gratefully. We pulled chairs into a circle around Benita’s sofa the way covered wagons once circled to protect themselves from the enemy outside. Except in this case there was no enemy outside. If we had an enemy, it had to be someone inside the circle.
I think we were all in shock. No one said a word as Kurt held out a wallet in one hand, some cards in another.MoreLess
“No!” Benita practically hung on Aunt Madelyn. “You can’t leave me alone!”
“Then let’s all go downstairs,” Madelyn said as she tried to break Benita’s grip. “You can lie on one of the sofas, Benita.”
We managed to make it downstairs and deposited Benita on a sofa in the living room near one of the open veranda doors. For some reason—probably because Benita was being such a nuisance—I... kept thinking of that line from Hamlet, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
The breeze carried the clean fragrance of sea salt and I breathed it in gratefully. We pulled chairs into a circle around Benita’s sofa the way covered wagons once circled to protect themselves from the enemy outside. Except in this case there was no enemy outside. If we had an enemy, it had to be someone inside the circle.
I think we were all in shock. No one said a word as Kurt held out a wallet in one hand, some cards in another.MoreLess
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