The Shadows
“I had no answer. I curled up with the book that Patrick had given me for my birthday, immersing myself in poems of rebellion and blood until it seemed my nightmares had come alive on the page.
Just before noon there came a knock on the door, and Mama sighed and put aside her needle.
I jumped off the settee. She looked unable to manage much of anything today. “I’ll get it.”
“You are so good, my darling.” She sagged back into her chair.
I prepared myself to meet whatever new bill collector or pol...iceman had decided to visit, but when I opened the door I found a newsboy standing there. He touched his billed cap and gave me a quick grin. “I’m to ask for Miss Grace Knox.”
“I’m Miss Knox.”
He held out a piece of paper. “This is for you.”
Whatever hope I had that it was from Patrick disappeared the moment I saw that it was only a broadsheet folded into quarters, an advertisement for Madame Pompadour’s Kidney Remedy on the outside.
“What’s this?” I asked, but the boy was already disappearing down the block without waiting for a tip.MoreLess
Just before noon there came a knock on the door, and Mama sighed and put aside her needle.
I jumped off the settee. She looked unable to manage much of anything today. “I’ll get it.”
“You are so good, my darling.” She sagged back into her chair.
I prepared myself to meet whatever new bill collector or pol...iceman had decided to visit, but when I opened the door I found a newsboy standing there. He touched his billed cap and gave me a quick grin. “I’m to ask for Miss Grace Knox.”
“I’m Miss Knox.”
He held out a piece of paper. “This is for you.”
Whatever hope I had that it was from Patrick disappeared the moment I saw that it was only a broadsheet folded into quarters, an advertisement for Madame Pompadour’s Kidney Remedy on the outside.
“What’s this?” I asked, but the boy was already disappearing down the block without waiting for a tip.MoreLess
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