The Princess And the Peer
“Ariadne declared three weeks later from where she sat near a window in her bedchamber.
Subdued afternoon sunlight shone through the narrow Gothic-style glass panes, additional illumination provided by the lighted candles she had placed in strategic locations throughout the room. A fire burned at a healthy pace inside the wide stone grate, the flames driving some of the early-November chill from the room. A woven wool rug and draperies in shades of starry blue and forest green helped to warm the... room as well, lessening the austerity of the stone chamber.
“Oh good, what does she have to say?” Mercedes closed the door behind her and hurried across the room, lowering herself into a nearby chair. “Is she still in London?”
Ariadne pushed her spectacles more securely upward along her nose, then bent her head over the missive. She scanned the contents, deciphering Emma’s narrow flowing script without difficulty.
“Yes, she’s still there.” She continued reading. “But she’s not staying where she was when last she wrote.MoreLess
Subdued afternoon sunlight shone through the narrow Gothic-style glass panes, additional illumination provided by the lighted candles she had placed in strategic locations throughout the room. A fire burned at a healthy pace inside the wide stone grate, the flames driving some of the early-November chill from the room. A woven wool rug and draperies in shades of starry blue and forest green helped to warm the... room as well, lessening the austerity of the stone chamber.
“Oh good, what does she have to say?” Mercedes closed the door behind her and hurried across the room, lowering herself into a nearby chair. “Is she still in London?”
Ariadne pushed her spectacles more securely upward along her nose, then bent her head over the missive. She scanned the contents, deciphering Emma’s narrow flowing script without difficulty.
“Yes, she’s still there.” She continued reading. “But she’s not staying where she was when last she wrote.MoreLess
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