The Traitor's Daughter (2015)
“Marie de Castelnau spread wide the jade taffeta wrapping and lifted out the baby’s gift Kate had brought. It was a teething coral, the coral’s spines buffed down to smooth knobs, mounted on a curving silver handle fashioned like a dolphin. It also served as a rattle. Marie shook it, making its tumbling stone granules whisper a soft swoosh. “Ha! Merveilleux! ” Her laughter was clear and high, like a cluster of silver bells. She was a pretty woman of twenty-two, her birthday and Kate’s just seven...teen days apart. She beamed at the baby in his cradle. “My little angel will soon need it, as you can see.”
Kate did indeed—and felt it. With his slippery gums the baby was gnawing her knuckle like a starved creature, his tiny hands clamped on her wrist. She laughed, too. “What an appetite!” She jested, “Do you not feed the poor babe?”
“Oh, his appetite is prodigious. I pity the wet nurse when my angel does grow teeth.”
They left the baby happily gumming his new rattle, and withdrew to the parlor.MoreLess
Kate did indeed—and felt it. With his slippery gums the baby was gnawing her knuckle like a starved creature, his tiny hands clamped on her wrist. She laughed, too. “What an appetite!” She jested, “Do you not feed the poor babe?”
“Oh, his appetite is prodigious. I pity the wet nurse when my angel does grow teeth.”
They left the baby happily gumming his new rattle, and withdrew to the parlor.MoreLess
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