Marina doted
over her pregnant daughter, adorned in fine brocades,
reassuring her that it was certain to be a either a baby boy
or a girl of such great beauty she would eclipse them
both. ‘No,
no, Jacques, you have done very right. “No doubt about that, I fancy,” Meddoes answered lightly. Her family had hosted a feast in his honor for which
they had taken weeks to prepare: with braised capons and
lobster sausages and all sorts of delicious spiced stews her
mother had made from secret recipes. “This is what comes of being a young woman up to date. ‘This journey I do not like,’ she said more loudly. ‘That is, if she’s gone that way. I shouldn't care to have
attention constantly drawn to us. She descended down the
stairs of the house, sidestepping the refuse from bingedrinking teenagers that was strewn everywhere. Ruth
could tell the doctor; she could bare many of her innermost thoughts to that
kindly man; but there was an inexplicable reserve before this young man whom
she still endued with the melancholy charm of Sydney Carton.
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