The Meeting Place (2011)
“Louise rocked the tiny form back and forth, the words a constant litany spoken as much to her own heart as to the baby.
She sat where she could look out the door, waiting for her husband to return from the highland meadow. Henri had offered to make the delivery, though the morning had threatened rain and there was so much for him to do around the farm. Even with enough work to keep a dozen men busy, still he bound up her letter in oilskin and carried it up to leave it where she and Catherine ha...d agreed—tucked beneath the fallen log they had used as a bench.
Oh, for those days to come again! Louise looked down at her child, her own sweet baby. The infant’s tiny face was screwed up in pain, and she gave off a weak mewling sound, half whimper and half cry. “Oh, my sweet one, I would give anything to make you better. I would give you my life itself.”
Almost as though in reply, the little eyes opened, and the crying stopped. One tiny hand unfurled to accept Louise’s finger, and then the eyes closed and the face relaxed into slumber.MoreLess
She sat where she could look out the door, waiting for her husband to return from the highland meadow. Henri had offered to make the delivery, though the morning had threatened rain and there was so much for him to do around the farm. Even with enough work to keep a dozen men busy, still he bound up her letter in oilskin and carried it up to leave it where she and Catherine ha...d agreed—tucked beneath the fallen log they had used as a bench.
Oh, for those days to come again! Louise looked down at her child, her own sweet baby. The infant’s tiny face was screwed up in pain, and she gave off a weak mewling sound, half whimper and half cry. “Oh, my sweet one, I would give anything to make you better. I would give you my life itself.”
Almost as though in reply, the little eyes opened, and the crying stopped. One tiny hand unfurled to accept Louise’s finger, and then the eyes closed and the face relaxed into slumber.MoreLess
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