The Perfumer's Secret
“The captain was still present. Muted reintroductions were politely mumbled while I blinked with expectancy, looking between both men, ignoring Aimery’s thunderous glare at my attire; he clearly couldn’t say anything humiliating to me before his superior.
‘So, France is officially mobilising for war?’ I said, deciding to be direct and breaking into the brittle atmosphere.
‘I’m desperately sad to confirm this, yes, Madame De Lasset,’ the captain admitted, clearly with bigger matters on hi...s mind than my inappropriate garments. Just last week he had been full of genial wit, kissing my hand and offering congratulations for our impending wedding. Now he wore an expression like a man going to his execution and although the veins on his nose traversed the journeys through many bottles of champagne in his time, his pallor was grey, draining the cheerful red I recalled.
‘I was called away to the prefecture in Nice today; please forgive me for not being able to attend your celebrations.’ Aimery moved past his focus on my clothes and instead of looking ashen at the news, appeared instead flushed with excitement.MoreLess
‘So, France is officially mobilising for war?’ I said, deciding to be direct and breaking into the brittle atmosphere.
‘I’m desperately sad to confirm this, yes, Madame De Lasset,’ the captain admitted, clearly with bigger matters on hi...s mind than my inappropriate garments. Just last week he had been full of genial wit, kissing my hand and offering congratulations for our impending wedding. Now he wore an expression like a man going to his execution and although the veins on his nose traversed the journeys through many bottles of champagne in his time, his pallor was grey, draining the cheerful red I recalled.
‘I was called away to the prefecture in Nice today; please forgive me for not being able to attend your celebrations.’ Aimery moved past his focus on my clothes and instead of looking ashen at the news, appeared instead flushed with excitement.MoreLess
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