tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30294918893100635962024-03-15T21:11:01.067-04:00The Girdle of MelianAuthor, reader, knitter, travellerDeniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comBlogger1462125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-81395739002357286322024-03-13T08:14:00.000-04:002024-03-13T08:14:02.358-04:00 Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 28, New Book Reviews, and New Knitting!<div><img align="left" alt="N" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/N-11-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />ew books!<br />
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By the way, the creator of the drop caps I leep using, <a href="jessicahische.com">Jessica Hische</a>, also has a new book out!<br />
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Are you looking for a mystery that's going to have you up all night, gripping the edge of your seat as you read?<br />
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With complex characters that get embroiled in all sorts of difficulties as you root for them to find a way out? <br />
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Then I have two book recommendations for you!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Un animal sauvage</i> by <a href="https://www.rosiewolfe.com/catalogue">Joel Dicker</a><br /></div><div>
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I got to attend a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/denizb33/p/C4QZ2RXI2Rx/?hl=en&img_index=1">book signing with the autho</a>r last week!<br />
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(I forget that instagram crops photos, a couple of these are missing the top and bottom! I was wearing my <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/dress/Our-flag-means-death-Stede-Bonnet-by-illustore/115021206.V4WQ8">Stede Bonnet dress</a>).<br />
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</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>The Playgroup</i> by <a href="https://www.leahmercer.com/">Leah Mercer</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YHJgmeFSUWx6ltVMshM59ud3ZCSoogX18HjzEheiYvG6GUXYimkwUhgNtwRejvW3zyAkLubshuV2NN0xv3ThrDpunQvbIen_xXpfsevAFL4v_QoPpYUj11b5YV7JVvGT-1PZgeaAD5ztYNUB7LNDLe_ryMjNonmrQgNvk8w17oYY_TmHmuz9HU8hMQpU/s374/blog%20leah%20mercer.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YHJgmeFSUWx6ltVMshM59ud3ZCSoogX18HjzEheiYvG6GUXYimkwUhgNtwRejvW3zyAkLubshuV2NN0xv3ThrDpunQvbIen_xXpfsevAFL4v_QoPpYUj11b5YV7JVvGT-1PZgeaAD5ztYNUB7LNDLe_ryMjNonmrQgNvk8w17oYY_TmHmuz9HU8hMQpU/s320/blog%20leah%20mercer.png" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote>"Breath catches in my throat and terror grips me as my daughter’s favourite jumper slides into focus. Time slows. Helpless, I watch my precious little girl run into the road. Screeching tyres slice through the quiet afternoon. Days from now, my friends will say the worst day of my life was all my fault...<br />
A bright and welcoming haven, the playgroup sits at the heart of the town, tucked away inside a red-brick building. The Nest should have been the safest place for my rosy-cheeked, pink-obsessed daughter, Florence. Run by mothers like me, I trusted my newfound friends – Alice, Beth and Georgie – to take care of my child. But now my choice has left Florence fighting for her life.<br />
My heart pounds thinking about what I will tell my husband, James. He stayed with me through the darkest times, and I thought some space would bring us closer. But as I watch our little girl sleeping in a hospital bed, I know our relationship may never recover from this.<br />
How can I tell James what really happened if I don’t know myself? I can’t shake the feeling the other mothers are lying to me; they know I’d never let Florence leave the nursery by herself. We’ve all got dangerous secrets we want to protect, but if they expose mine, will anyone, including my husband, believe me when I say I didn’t harm my daughter?<br />
A completely gripping psychological suspense about the dark price of protecting your family, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Adele Parks and Sally Hepworth."</blockquote><br />
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This book had me up all night, reading!</div><div>I empathised with each of the main characters right away and could all too easily put myself in each of their shoes.<br />
I had to keep reading to find out what happened, and how they uncovered the truth about the event that shook up all their lives.<br />
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<br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> And now, a snip from my own work!<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br /><ul><li>
In chapter 1, Alice arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, following her grandmother's funeral, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer. The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...</li><li>
In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...</li><li>
In chapters 3 and 4, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day! We saw a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.</li><li>
In chapters 5 to 10, they had their first argument, then argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon. Then George attempted a rapprochement. Alice had some feelings stirring... During their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game, and they reached a détente of sorts before going their separate ways for the night.</li><li>
In chapters 11 and 12, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice. Yet this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.</li><li>
In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of Albert, George's younger, and rather rude, brother. Meanwhile, George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice. (I skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)</li><li>
In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"</li><li>
In chapters 15 to 19, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden. Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join the brothers that evening in the parlour. Then, early the next morning, Alice went out, only to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.</li><li>
In chapter 20, following their early morning idyll, we finally had a true rapprochement. Alice, making up her mind in an instant, called out to George's sisters: "We're going on an expedition with your brother." (I skipped the rest of chapter 20, in which we take a trip through the woods with Alice, George, and his sisters. There are friendly chats, the girls sign their brother's cast, and George begins work on a sketch of Alice. When they return home, the girls help Alice feed the birds in the aviary and clean it in preparation for the arrival of Mr Palmer, a prospective buyer visiting from Boston. Mr Palmer says he will make his decision on purchasing the aviary and return the next day. Throughout the day, there are hints of the gathering storms of war.)</li><li>
In chapters 21 and 22, as Alice saw Mr Palmer off at the gate, a new complication emerged, in the arrival of Albert's friends from university. Alice and George came close to admitting their attraction, but then George unwittingly insulted the birds and the aviary and Alice's affection for her grandmother's pets.</li><li>
In chapter 23, following omitted scenes (a bit of George's reflections on Alice, and his feelings for her (as well as memories of unfavourable reactions from his parents about his hobby of sketching and painting); at the end, he decides that it might be a lark to try to lure Pixie away from his brother. He proceeds to do just that before dinner as she plays up her role of nurse and guides George through some exercises in the front parlour. This leads to an arm wrestling match between all the boys, involving both wagers for a few coins--and kisses for the winner from Pixie. That evening, they all gather in the front parlour, and agree to attend the ball and bonfire at the Hatley Manor hotel the next night. George catches Albert and Pixie canoodling in the kitchen, but decides he's in no position to say anything because he was ready to embrace Alice the governess), the next day, the crowd slept in, all except Alice, who took her charges into the village to watch a magic lantern show. On their return, George decided to show them his secret--the full extent of his artistry.
It was revealed that Eleanor is also a budding artist, and the siblings agreed to continue to develop their talent and to hide it from their disapproving parents.</li><li>
In chapters 24 and 25, the girls returned to the house, and Alice and George, alone in the enclosed garden, sat side by side on the bench... They kissed, and Alice revealed her true identity to George. They talked, perhaps all too briefly, about what they would do with their newfound feelings.</li><li>
In chapter 26, George watches her with Mr Palmer (who's returned to inspect the aviary and agree on its purchase) and thinks about how he's actually looking forward to the big party at the fancy hotel that night, now that he'll have Alice on his arm. I've skipped this bit, and a bit where they discuss Alice's attachment to the cottage and the birds, as well as the fact that Alice isn't really a governess and what they might have to tell his family, if anything. Also a part where, seated side-by-side and hand-in-hand on the porch, they talk of George's hopes and plans for his future career, in despite of his father. Then she asked him if he meant to return to England, but Albert interrupted.</li><li>
In chapter 27, in the evening, they all made their way to the banquet and dance at Hatley Manor.</li><li>
Now, in chapter 28, Alice juggles her governess duties with advances from Albert--and affairs of the heart (I've left out a bit of conversation with other partygoers from the village and the interlude when Elsie arrives to pick up the girls)...</li></ul>
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<blockquote>Once they arrived at the hotel, Eleanor and Lucy shrank to Alice's side, eyes round as saucers as they took in the assembled crowd.<br />
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Bodies swirled here and there, some in groups, some in pairs. The women in their finery moved like glittering dragonflies around the dark suited men, but one and all were aglow in the soft light of the lanterns and the white light from the chandeliers.<br />
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"You girls go on," George said airily, indicating the three of them. His smile did not reach his eyes. "I'll make my own way round."<br />
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He held out his hand for his crutches, which Alice was wiping with a bit of cloth that had been knotted below one of the handlebars. "I'll finish that."<br />
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She tried to catch his eye as he collected the crutches and swept the cloth from her fingers, but he kept his head averted.<br />
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She followed his gaze in the direction of the partygoers, and realised he must be tracking Albert and Pixie's movements.<br />
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Then Lucy tugged at her hand and Eleanor shrieked at the sight of a friend, and she was pulled along with them, soon finding herself inside and far away from George.<br />
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Alice waited until she'd reached the drinks table before giving in to the compulsion to scan the room for George.<br />
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It took only a moment's look round to locate him. He'd left his crutches behind somewhere, and was on the other side of the open floor from his sisters, still surrounded by a bevy of girls.<br />
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Alice felt equal parts pride that he should have maintained his charm despite his injury––the girls' attention would do his self-esteem good––and an inordinate urge to shove all the chits to the side with one sweep of her arm, scattering them like ninepins.<br />
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How dare they crowd him so?<br />
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Yet she had no claim on him whatsoever. She could not even casually saunter over, weave through the crowd, and take her place beside him. Have him, equally casually, pass his arm possessively about her waist. Share a secret smile of belonging that the others would see and envy.<br />
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Idle fancies. <i>I don't even want their envy. I just want him to look at me only</i>.<br />
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George laughed deeply at something someone had said, and his hands waved about as he replied, the way they did whenever he was excited.<br />
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There, now she was acting familiar with his habits, as though she'd known him her entire life. From curly locks to aquiline nose, it had not taken her long to memorise his features, learn their nuances. That glint of gold that appeared in his dark hair under certain lights; the dimple below his lower lip she could see clearly when he tilted his face up to her.<br />
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She had no pretext for going over to talk to him, except perhaps to offer some of the punch that was rapidly warming in her hand as she stood and stared.<br />
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Yet even as she watched, Albert bounded up to his brother and passed him a glass, holding one of his own, and they shared out the contents of George's flask between them.<br />
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Suddenly they were the best of friends. And how quickly George had forgotten his sweet words about being alone with her by the lake!<br />
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She grabbed a tray, added three more glasses of punch, and swept back across the hall to Eleanor and the others.<br />
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Presently, Elsie arrived, taking her own turn about the tables before coming to relieve her.<br />
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Alice returned with a heavy tread to the hotel. She ought to feel light-hearted and carefree. Yet she felt more a governess than ever, sneaking into a party that neither welcomed nor wanted her.<br />
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George wasn't in sight when she went inside, and neither were Pixie and the others, whom she'd completely forgotten about before. She'd vaguely noticed Neil on the periphery of the dance floor, but none had approached or greeted her. Either Pixie had held them enthralled or they'd made new conquests from among the other guests.<br />
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A couple of regular visitors to the hotel, whom she'd met the year before, greeted her as she approached the buffet table. Their smiles were friendly, but they made no move to invite her into their group, closing ranks.<br />
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She picked up a cup of punch simply to give her hands something to do, and moved on as if she had a purpose, or had seen someone across the room.<br />
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A flurry of fabric and a clutch at her arm heralded the arrival of Pixie. "There you are! Where'd you disappear to? Have you seen my hat? There's a frightful wind down by the lake and it's wreaking havoc with my hair." She patted the sides of her updo, though as far as Alice could see, all the pins were doing their job and not a curl was out of place.<br />
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"Have you checked the cloakroom?" she asked and followed, slowly, as Pixie dashed first in that direction, then, having powdered her nose and reapplied her lip colour, skipped along the edge of the dance floor, out onto the verandah, and down the stairs.<br />
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Alice remained behind at the rail, looking out over the grounds.<br />
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She'd forgotten about the bonfire. They'd lit it already, and shadowy shapes were flitting about, one or two hotel hands still flinging driftwood on the fire here and there.<br />
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The air was cooler on this side of the hotel, with a fresh breeze off the lake that waved loose tendrils of hair against her cheeks. She'd had less time to spend on her pins than Pixie had.<br />
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The path down to the fire and the water glowed under rows of paper lanterns. Leaving her empty cup on the rail, she made her way down, one hand on her hat as the breeze gusted up.<br />
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Closer to, she could make out the figures more clearly. Some were drinking, some dancing to the faint music floating down from the house. All laughing, except for one.<br />
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George, parked in his chair outside the circle of light, in the brief space of darkness between the last lantern and the fire's glow.<br />
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Alice sat without preamble or greeting onto a granite rock beside him.<br />
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He glanced over, and his smile transformed his face, surly eyebrows lifting, mouth wide, and––if there'd been a lantern close enough to see––dimples on either side, she was sure.<br />
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"You should be among them all, Alice." Just as suddenly, like a candle guttering, his scowl returned. "I don't need nursemaiding. You belong with them anyway, even if they don't know it."<br />
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"But they don't know it and I'd rather they didn't find out. Not yet, at least. Besides, I may belong with them socially but it doesn't follow that I'd like to be in their company. I'd rather sit with you, if you don't mind."<br />
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"Mind? Mind! Alice––"<br />
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"Yes?"<br />
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"Will you–– Will you help me out of this dadblasted chair?"<br />
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She hid her disappointment at his eventual question, sure he'd been about to ask something else, and gamely lowered the foot rise and let him tug at her arm until he was upright.<br />
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"I think my crutches are––"<br />
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"Hey, gang, look! George is up!"<br />
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A group from the fireside split off and gathered round, reaching for George's arms. They took it in turns to help swing him along toward the bonfire, laughing and entreating, until, at the last, it was Pixie he leaned on as he stood before the flames.<br />
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Alice again felt the urge to barge through the crowd and claim him. She took a step forward, then resisted the impulse, doubtful George would wish her to create that kind of a fuss.<br />
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"A fair maiden shouldn't be left alone." Albert sidled up, carrying two cups of some dark liquid.<br />
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He held one out to her and she accepted it without thinking.<br />
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He took that as an invitation, setting aside his cup to shrug off his suit jacket and spread it on the rock. "I'm sure you were cold, sitting there with only your gown. My brother isn't very thoughtful, I'm afraid." He held out his hand, indicating the rock as though he'd prepared a throne, and as soon as she'd sat, he settled in beside her. He clinked his cup to hers and drank deeply, Adam's apple bobbing.<br />
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Alice took a delicate sip from hers. As she'd suspected, the punch had been spiked with whisky from George's flask. She took another sip, and the warm sting slid down her throat and settled low in her belly.<br />
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She couldn't even see George now, as the crowd had shifted to the other side of the fire.<br />
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"I've been hoping for a chance to talk to you," Albert said.<br />
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His voice was more serious than she'd heard it in all the time since they'd met, as if he'd finally left off his cavalier demeanour and the real man spoke for the first time.<br />
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"What about?" she asked, instead of the "why me?" she wished to have the answer to.<br />
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"I need some advice, and you're not only level-headed but... I saw George's sketches of you. The two of you have been as discreet as possible of course, but––"<br />
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"What are you insinuating, Mr. Cunnick?"<br />
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He grinned, teeth glinting in the fireglow. "Come now, I can't ask for your advice if you won't be honest with me. Here it is: I, too, care for someone not quite fitting. In my case it's not a social mismatch but one of age. The lady in question, you see, is fifteen years older than myself."<br />
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"What makes you think I could offer advice for such a situation that would be even remotely helpful?"<br />
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"I'd like to know how far your relationship with George has gone, so that––"<br />
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"Really, Mr. Cunnick, I have no idea to what you might be referring. Your brother and I have no relationship, beyond the mere fact that I am employed as governess in your household. Now if you will excuse me." She made to rise.<br />
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"Please, don't take offense." He touched her wrist, then yanked back his hand, as though afraid to injure her in any way. A marked contrast to his usual devil-take-the-hindmost attitude. "I thought, since my own situation is so desperate..."<br />
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He trailed off, staring moodily into his half-empty cup. She glanced about, but George was nowhere in sight. It wasn't fair to Albert to be rude, simply for fear of what George might say if he saw them so close together. Especially not when the man was being sincere for the first time.<br />
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"I'm still not sure what you'd like me to tell you," she said softly, settling back down from her upright position. "Does the lady know of your feelings? Does she reciprocate?"<br />
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"She does, but she is hesitant as well. If I had the courage to declare my affections openly––but I haven't. I can't seem to disregard what my family and friends might say."<br />
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His knee jogged up and down as he talked, a nervous tic that kept catching her eye. She nudged his knee with hers to make him stop, then said, "Surely your feelings––I mean both yours and hers––surely your affection is more valid than vague possibilities of others' reactions."<br />
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"How I wish I could believe that!" He nudged her in response, leg resting against hers.<br />
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He had the Cunnick nose, as George did, but rather than dimples, Albert had a faint cleft to his chin. As though someone at his birth had pressed into that spot, not a light kiss, but a hard thumb.<br />
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"What do you think, Alice?" he asked, losing all formality and using her name, and she realised she'd not been paying attention to a word he spoke.<br />
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She fielded his question with one of her own. "Have you not discussed this with her?"<br />
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"Briefly." He laid a hand on her leg, forefinger flicking back and forth above her knee. "I'd rather hear what you think, how you think I should proceed. It's gotten so I no longer trust my own judgement in the matter."<br />
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I don't trust mine either, she wanted to reply. His touch distracted her completely. How would his intended feel if she saw them together? Perhaps it was simply Albert's way, to be this familiar with everyone. He laughed and wrestled with Colin and Neil as well; he might have done no more with Pixie than ask her advice on the same matter. They might have gone into the pantry in order not to be overhead by his brother and friends.<br />
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His shoulder bumped hers. "Alice, girl, are you considering my question or ignoring me?"<br />
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She met his gaze, dark and inscrutable, and he flashed his teeth in that devil-you grin of his. "I'm teasing, girl. Come, drink up, and let's have that dance I promised you."<br />
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"Here?"<br />
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"Where else?" He set his hand to the bottom of her cup, tilted it towards her mouth. "There you are," he said as she was forced to swallow a big gulp, burning its way past her throat. "Liquid courage. Now take my hand."<br />
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He twined their fingers together and rose, passing his other arm about her waist and yanking her flush against his body. He began to sway to the distant strain of an Irving Berlin tune from last summer.<br />
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She did not believe for a moment that he'd dragged Pixie to the pantry simply to talk.<br />
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Alice craned her neck over her shoulder, seeking George, but she and Albert might as well have been alone on the beach. The others' voices carried across, but from further away, as though they'd moved from the fireside down to the waterline.<br />
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Albert twirled her about, yanking her close at each pass. He pushed against her with leg and chest. One song merged into the next, and she grew hot from the frenzy of his movements and the bonfire as they whirled closer to the flames. Her hair plastered to her nape and a few pins slipped out.<br />
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Then a slower piece began and Albert drew her in, flush against his body as he swayed.<br />
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"You two are missing the fun!" a voice called, and she recognised Colin's nasal tone.<br />
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Albert did not pry himself off but called back over his shoulder, "this side of the fire's where the real fun is."<br />
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Alice wrenched herself out of his hold and looked up at him. "What is that supposed to mean?"<br />
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"Don't get your girl angry," Neil said as he came around the fire, a bottle in his hand. Snickering, he added, "Bring her down to the dock, man. Night swimming!" He bounded back around the fire and was gone into the darkness.<br />
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They were talking about her as though she were a doll or an uncaring chit or both.<br />
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"Sounds like a lark," Albert said, still clutching her arm. "D'you fancy it?"<br />
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"Certainly not!" The boys might act all carefree but she'd never lost her manners before, and wasn't about to start doing so with Albert's cronies.<br />
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She tugged her arm out of his grip, but had only taken one step back before he was close up against her once more, leading her by the elbow directly past the fire. Sparks flew up into the starlit night and, once they'd rounded the circle of stones marking its perimeter, she could see the scene on the lake's edge, shadows gilded by the flames.<br />
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A few figures were already in the water, heads bobbing above the surface, and a line of partygoers ranged along the dock, bare legs and feet dangling towards the water where they sat. A couple kicked and splashed and others squealed.<br />
<br />
She spotted Pixie, leaning back on the palms of her hands and waggling her toes towards someone in the water.<br />
<br />
"I'm going in," Albert said. "You needn't come all the way but do take your stockings off and wade in. It won't feel that cold once you're used to it."<br />
<br />
He might have intended to be solicitous, yet he still could not keep out the note of command. She might have waded in––she certainly knew the many moods of this lake better than he, and remembered well that the water near the shore was warm enough this late at night, especially after a sunny day––but did not wish to appear as though she was giving in to any order of Albert's.<br />
<br />
Still he dragged her down to the dock and as they went, she glanced over his shoulder to where a further crowd was grouped in front of a tumble of boulders. A few girls shifted about then ran to the shore and, through the gap that opened up, she saw George.<br />
<br />
He'd been surrounded by the crowd––all girls––and propped up with his back to the rocks.<br />
<br />
"I hope someone's gone to fetch cocoa and towels for when we emerge," Albert said, finally letting go of her to shrug off his shirt. Pixie caught sight of him and waved. Someone else cheered as Albert began to unbuckle his belt.<br />
<br />
"It's too cold for you, Bertie!" Neil called.<br />
<br />
"You wait till I dive in," Albert rejoined, kicking off his shoes. "You won't know what hit you." He unbuttoned his trousers with one hand as he dragged off a sock with the other. "Hurry, Alice, the others are in already."<br />
<br />
She looked over at the rocks; he was right; the last two figures were leaving George's side, two girls she didn't recognise, tearing off their shawls and knotting their skirts above their knees as they giggled and half-ran, half-skipped towards the churned up water.<br />
<br />
"We'll fetch your crutches in a bit, George, old boy," Colin called. "Holler if you've changed your mind and want to come down."<br />
<br />
"How about you?" Albert asked. He stood before her in only his longjohns. His bare chest shone palely in the flickering light. Then he lunged for her hand. "Come with me!"<br />
<br />
She sidestepped his grasp, but kept a smile on her face so he wouldn't think her rude or, worse, prudish. But she had no interest in stripping before strangers, let alone Albert and his friends.<br />
<br />
If George hadn't been there, she might have been forwarder, might have fallen in with Albert's exuberant antics. Yet now the contrast between the two brothers was clear.<br />
<br />
She did not take his hand but went with Albert as long as he kept looking back and waving her on, making sure she was following.<br />
<br />
Then, the moment he'd reached the shore and stepped into the water, she veered aside and made for the rocks.<br />
<br />
"Alice, come join us!" Pixie piped up as she passed the dock.<br />
<br />
"Who's that?" another girl asked. "She didn't come down from Montreal in our car."<br />
<br />
Albert's reply carried towards her on the breeze. "That is my dance partner, ladies and gentlemen. I mean, of course, my underwater dance partner. I'll have those stockings off you soon enough, my girl!"<br />
<br />
Alice whirled to face him, ready to reveal who she was and demand an apology for his brutish behaviour. Ready to give up a final month in Gran's house for the deep satisfaction of putting Albert in his place. He deserved a slap on the cheek. Someone had to smack him. If his friends would not stand up to him and call him out for being such a cad––<br />
<br />
"Alice? Come to me," George said softly.</blockquote><br />
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I finished the <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2024/03/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-27.html">baby blanket</a>!<br />
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6th question: Have you "played" with AI to write those nasty
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on creative writing?</b></span></p>
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<p><br /></p><p>Here's the latest installment from <i>Larksong</i>!<br /></p><p><i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
<br />
In chapter 1, <b>Alice arrived at the family cottage</b> to take care of
her grandmother's aviary, following her grandmother's funeral, only to
find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family
for the summer. <b>The only way she could have one more summer in her
favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to
the two young girls</b>...<br />
<br />
In chapter 2, <b>we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg</b>.
Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being
sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
<br />
In chapters 3 and 4, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her
bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- <b>George was arriving at the cottage that very day!</b> We saw a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
<br />
In chapters 5 to 7, they had their first argument, then argued once more, but the stakes were higher: <b>war is on the horizon</b>. Then George attempted a rapprochement.<br />
<br />
In chapters 8 to 10, Alice had some feelings stirring... During <b>their first evening together</b>,
they began to suss each other out over a card game, and they reached a
détente of sorts before going their separate ways for the night.<br />
<br />
In chapters 11 and 12, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with <b>his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice</b>. Yet this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of <b>the arrival of Albert</b>,
George's younger, and rather rude, brother.
Meanwhile, George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of
Alice. (I skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake
and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a
governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is
distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the
threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at
the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
<br />
In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard
an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother
Albert: <b>"I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"</b><br />
<br />
In chapters 15 and, we witnessed <b>the fallout from the argument</b>,
then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden. Alice left
George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join the
brothers that evening in the parlour.<br />
<br />
In chapters 17 to 19, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br />
<br />
In chapter 20, following <b>their early morning idyll</b>, we finally
had a true rapprochement. Alice, making up her mind in an instant,
called out to George's sisters: "We're going on an expedition with your
brother."
(I skipped the rest of chapter 20, in which we take a trip through the
woods with Alice, George, and his sisters. There are friendly chats, the
girls sign their brother's cast, and George begins work on a sketch of
Alice. When they return home, the girls help Alice feed the birds in the
aviary and clean it in preparation for the arrival of Mr Palmer, a
prospective buyer visiting from Boston. Mr Palmer says he will make his
decision on purchasing the aviary and return the next day. Throughout
the day, there are hints of the gathering storms of war.)<br />
<br />
In chapters 21 and, as Alice saw Mr Palmer off at the gate, a new complication emerged, in <b>the arrival of Albert's friends from university</b>. <b>Alice and George came close to admitting their attraction</b>, but then George unwittingly insulted the birds and the aviary and Alice's affection for her grandmother's pets.<br />
<br />
In chapter 23, following omitted scenes (a bit of George's reflections
on Alice, and his feelings for her (as well as memories of unfavourable
reactions from his parents about his hobby of sketching and painting);
at the end, he decides that it might be a lark to try to lure Pixie away
from his brother. He proceeds to do just that before dinner as she
plays up her role of nurse and guides George through some exercises in
the front parlour. This leads to an arm wrestling match between all the
boys, involving both wagers for a few coins--and kisses for the winner
from Pixie. <b>That evening, they all gather in the front parlour, and
agree to attend the ball and bonfire at the Hatley Manor hotel the next
night</b>. George catches Albert and Pixie canoodling in the kitchen,
but decides he's in no position to say anything because he was ready to
embrace Alice the governess), the next day, the crowd slept in, all
except Alice, who took her charges into the village to watch a magic
lantern show. On their return, George decided to show them his
secret--the full extent of his artistry.<br />
It was revealed that Eleanor is also a budding artist, and the siblings
agreed to continue to develop their talent and to hide it from their
disapproving parents.<br />
<br />
In chapters 24 and 25, the girls returned to the house, and <b>Alice and George, alone in the enclosed garden</b>,
sat side by side on the bench... They kissed, and Alice revealed her
true identity to George. They talked, perhaps all too briefly, about
what they would do with their newfound feelings.<br />
<br />
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inspect the aviary and agree on its purchase) and thinks about how he's
actually looking forward to the big party at the fancy hotel that
night, now that he'll have Alice on his arm. I've skipped this bit, and a
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as well as the fact that Alice isn't really a governess and what they
might have to tell his family, if anything. Also a part where, seated
side-by-side and hand-in-hand on the porch, they talk of George's hopes
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">When
the time came, despite Albert's jibes, they all headed down to Hatley Manor
together, taking the lakeshore path like a happy family.</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Alice
attempted to dampen Eleanor and Lucy's excitement––Lucy was bouncing around so
much she was likely to fall into the water––by having them wheel their brother
in his chair and carry his crutches for him. Responsibility could not quell
their chatter, though.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">As
the others walked ahead, Colin and Neil at the front and Albert with Pixie
directly before George, Lucy scampered about, occasionally giving a nudge to
the chair, but for the most part leaving Alice to do the pushing. "We're
going to a party! We're going to a party!" the girl chanted. She'd been
graciously permitted by her sister to wear her favourite of Eleanor's dresses,
and held up the skirt as she hopped about, mindful of the dusty track if not of
her own safety in leaping so close to the edge.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Eleanor,
hefting the crutches over one shoulder, a tin soldier at the march with rifle
at port arms, kept glancing down, as if making certain her new dress hadn't
reverted to her everyday pinny, like Cinderella unsure of gown and glass
slippers. Alice had shortened one of her own dresses and tucked in a couple of
pleats at the shoulders, while Elsie packed cotton wool into a pair of Alice's
slippers. Eleanor was old enough to recognise quality, and not vain; she'd not
acted disdainful of earlier seasons' fashions. Both gown and slippers fit her
to a T after Alice and Elsie's ministrations, and Eleanor was as excited over
something new to wear as by attending the party itself. She skipped on every
third step, jaunty in her finery, and the crutches clacked together.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Alice's
hands on the chair's handles were directly behind George's shoulders, and she
felt his flinch at each clack of the crutches. She could wish she was as
carefree as the girls. She'd been looking forward to the party, but now the
threat of Albert hung like a low cloud over the night. Yet George seemed more
weighted even than she was; she remembered the frustration of being physically
limited and reliant on others. She might offer him a platitude––this, too,
shall pass––but he'd simply say "what good does that do <i>now</i>?"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Every
now and then he set his hands to the wheels and propelled himself forward, then
stopped as the chair jolted on the gravelled walk. His leg must pain him
something fierce at every bump and, when he was not wheeling himself, she tried
to steer him around the worst of the ruts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">He
did not look up at her once.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">He'd
not changed out of his everyday suit, in the end, but had on a new collar, and
had shaved. She'd heard him calling to Elsie for hot water as she'd stitched
Eleanor's hems, and could smell the musky undertone of his aftershave.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">He
hadn't asked her for anything, and she'd been so busy with the girls, who'd
both wished to have their hair curled, she hadn't had a chance to ask whether
he needed help. Pixie and the other boys had been demanding enough, running
Elsie ragged with ironing and starching and shoe polishing. It was a wonder
George had gotten his hot water.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Once
the girls were ready, Alice had thought to curl her own hair, but Pixie had
called for Elsie to bring her the tongs. Alice had set the girls in the parlour
with a strict admonition to stay put, and retreated to the kitchen to help
Elsie with whatever she could. Pixie, reheating the tongs at the fire, had
accosted her the moment she'd entered, begging to borrow all sorts of
items––punctuated by derision at having to wear outdated fashions along with a
declaration that "it doesn't matter as much in a one-horse
town"––with the result that she was now walking before Alice dressed in
another of her gowns and sporting Alice's second-best slippers, silk stockings
and lace gloves. Albert was complimenting her hat. Pixie laughed off his
tribute, said something Alice couldn't hear and, giggling, dropped his arm and
tripped up the path to stride between Neil and Colin.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Albert's
footsteps faltered, and then he gave a sort of half-shrug and fell back, until
Alice and George had drawn level with him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">He
nudged Alice aside with his hip in an overly familiar fashion, and took over
wielding the chair. "Rather quiet you are this evening, brother," he
commented. "Yet you've got the prettiest escort." He tipped his hat
to Alice.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Perhaps
it hadn't been wise to leave off her mourning, after all.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Not
only because it invited attention from Albert, but because she was bound to be
questioned by any one of the village elders at the party, though she continued
to wear her black armband. Yet vanity had won out; she'd not wanted to be
outdone by Pixie, and of the items she'd brought out of storage, had kept her
best dress and accessories for herself. Her hat boasted just as many frills and
silk flowers, though possibly her dress was a little too <i>Montreal</i> for a
country dance. She was glad of her mink, which toned down the effect of the
innumerable sparkling beads cascading down her dress.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">If
Albert noticed that her stole was genuine, he did not comment on how a
governess might have obtained such an item. He himself was in a well-cut suit
of dove grey and carried a gold-topped walking stick, tucked under his arm when
he'd commandeered the chair. He wasn't as lax as Lucy but neither was he as
fastidious at wheeling his brother as Alice had been, and George was jolted
more than once, hand flying up to resettle his hat. Yet George did not take
over the wheels as he'd done with her, and instead let his brother do what he
would.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"I
hope I may have the pleasure of a dance or two, Miss Underwood," Albert
stated boldly. "You're not planning on playing with the kiddies all
evening, are you?"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"I
had intended to return them to the house at a reasonable hour, Mr. Cunnick.
Elsie will be arriving to fetch them after the supper."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Meaning
that you yourself intend to stay on? Splendid!" He leaned across the
handlebar to her side, tilting his head conspiratorially. "There is a
matter I wished to consult with you about."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">With
an effort, she kept from looking down at George, though she wished to see his
reaction to this new twist to Albert’s machinations. "I am available
whenever you wish, Mr. Cunnick," she said as formally as she could.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Now
that's what I like to hear!" Albert slapped his brother's shoulder and
stepped away from the chair, leaving it in the middle of the path. "I
shall come find you, Miss Alice," he called back as he sauntered ahead,
twirling his walking stick.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Damned
impertinence," George muttered, as Alice resumed wheeling his chair; the
first words he'd spoken since they'd left the house.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"We're
almost there, in any case."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"What
does that have to do with anything?"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Alice
ignored his surliness and turned to call out to Eleanor and Lucy, who were
lingering by the lakeshore, poking at rocks with the ends of the crutches.
"Girls! Don't get waterweeds all over your brother's crutches."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"I'd
like to see Albert's suit bescumbered," George said under his breath.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Again
she ignored his rudeness. "Look, girls, there's the hotel." They
scampered up, thrusting the slimed crutches into Alice's hands and slowing to a
walk as they gaped at the hotel, visible through a gap in the trees at the turn
of the path; a shining beacon, with lights beaming brightly in every window of
its seven storeys.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Then
they were gone, running ahead to where Albert and Pixie were strolling arm in
arm, through the first of the row of lanterns bestowing their soft golden glow
on the main drive up to the front gates. A gentle music wafted out of the open
doors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"What
the hell am I doing here?" George growled.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"The
same as the rest of us," Alice said matter-of-factly, deciding that
adopting a straightforward manner was the only way to handle him. "You're
here to eat of a scrumptious country buffet, have a drink or two, and ogle what
the girls are wearing."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"You
didn't mention dancing." At first his expression had lightened at her
words, but just as quickly his scowl reappeared. "I'll have to sit on the
sidelines with the old folks, watching you cut a rug with Albert."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">That
wasn't at all what she wanted, neither to spend time with Albert, nor to be
apart from George. But, keeping up her flippancy, she asked, "Is he a good
dancer?"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Not
as good as I am." He reached up behind and placed his hand over hers.
"I need to touch you, Alice." They held hands in silence for a moment
in the last bit of cover before they moved out into the lit-up grounds. She
wondered what might happen if they spent the entire night here and never joined
the others. His features would soften, his arm would circle her waist, his
mouth––</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Without
a dance, there's no other way I can, tonight,” George went on. “Don't let
Albert get fresh, will you?"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">Evading
the last, and encouraged by his warm touch and her own daydreams, she said
boldly, "How would it be if I danced for you? On the beach, during the
midnight bonfire?"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Don't
tease me," he replied quickly, voice hoarse. "If you mean it, I shall
look forward to that throughout this forsaken evening. And I promise, as soon
as this leg heals––whether we're all back in Montreal or even if war comes––I
will <i>not</i> be a mere spectator. I<i> will</i> dance with you. As soon as I
am able."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Don't
mention war. Let's have one last long night before any clouds gather––if they
must."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;">"They
will," he said, but added no more, and his palm was warm against hers.</span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif;">A few of my latest knitting projects! A just-begun blanket, a neckwarmer, and a hat!<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36SXRetPabG-TyOkbjlFO2O-ptymF5ehbMARYJv4C5wVVR-2ZiPLbokD96kpW-WI9iFzV_lj9dcWXovGnAQCyQsqjz4eacsnnNR0A827TKh1iihDRsGvZfeIpnd7fMKtUiyVK9OqGyQbnL6BIyzD1lFWQsbENKZCy7QxZ2Gk3-sn1yYzDV7FX08X3ssKk/s2992/blog%20knitting%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36SXRetPabG-TyOkbjlFO2O-ptymF5ehbMARYJv4C5wVVR-2ZiPLbokD96kpW-WI9iFzV_lj9dcWXovGnAQCyQsqjz4eacsnnNR0A827TKh1iihDRsGvZfeIpnd7fMKtUiyVK9OqGyQbnL6BIyzD1lFWQsbENKZCy7QxZ2Gk3-sn1yYzDV7FX08X3ssKk/s320/blog%20knitting%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyZEKLABM7oyUWIfW0o26J00zlBZyyACXfEme-SEBQrUGf2_AaXUkAPFCaIm-yWwoxJCjXmaPUNWy0X7e91DsA9bD6Phw02HEtFI2zTMgv2MSvl_tpCtZ2xMYEFnYLVNSEm-OQw_htepYJJwUpF0EjLkdKvdz5JnmEyfiBiT4NjYF6tbwxD3Pb6n5cl8p/s2992/blog%20knitting%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsEw6s9IGeB4MRXe6dt5d1B6p_zBKBq-mmWpAJFiK95EcQDNIfYNAV6iWD3gbDp9JJb1UVVbqHASxhPgBKXPiOdpTb-EGBbmTVAlJBHthnXD41dMdYRSiXMuqCwdnfDPJ622AR01rxjar3ZBupDRqUYhGPrLV6BJAAwdrrRVbkbwk-XBGLayEbUc4jNNW/s320/blog%20knitting%20(5).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Oh, yes, and a pretty plant, which grew from a cutting!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>Have you been to a dance or other event recently?</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>Please offer some musical suggestions!</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>I may add them to the <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2024/02/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-26-and.html">story playlist</a>!</i><span style="font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></p>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-16370185369467321932024-02-28T04:23:00.082-05:002024-02-28T04:23:00.134-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 26 and the Story Playlist<div><img align="left" alt="F" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/F-7-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />altering steps towards a relationship...<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, <b>Alice arrived at the family cottage</b> to take care of her grandmother's aviary, following her grandmother's funeral, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer. <b>The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls</b>...<br />
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In chapter 2, <b>we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg</b>. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In chapters 3 and 4, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- <b>George was arriving at the cottage that very day!</b> We saw a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapters 5 to 7, they had their first argument, then argued once more, but the stakes were higher: <b>war is on the horizon</b>. Then George attempted a rapprochement.<br />
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In chapters 8 to 10, Alice had some feelings stirring... During <b>their first evening together</b>, they began to suss each other out over a card game, and they reached a détente of sorts before going their separate ways for the night.<br />
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In chapters 11 and 12, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with <b>his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice</b>. Yet this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
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In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of <b>the arrival of Albert</b>, George's younger, and rather rude, brother.
Meanwhile, George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice. (I skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
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In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: <b>"I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"</b><br />
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In chapters 15 and, we witnessed <b>the fallout from the argument</b>, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden. Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join the brothers that evening in the parlour.<br />
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In chapters 17 to 19, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br />
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In chapter 20, following <b>their early morning idyll</b>, we finally had a true rapprochement. Alice, making up her mind in an instant, called out to George's sisters: "We're going on an expedition with your brother."
(I skipped the rest of chapter 20, in which we take a trip through the woods with Alice, George, and his sisters. There are friendly chats, the girls sign their brother's cast, and George begins work on a sketch of Alice. When they return home, the girls help Alice feed the birds in the aviary and clean it in preparation for the arrival of Mr Palmer, a prospective buyer visiting from Boston. Mr Palmer says he will make his decision on purchasing the aviary and return the next day. Throughout the day, there are hints of the gathering storms of war.)<br />
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In chapters 21 and, as Alice saw Mr Palmer off at the gate, a new complication emerged, in <b>the arrival of Albert's friends from university</b>. <b>Alice and George came close to admitting their attraction</b>, but then George unwittingly insulted the birds and the aviary and Alice's affection for her grandmother's pets.<br />
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In chapter 23, following omitted scenes (a bit of George's reflections on Alice, and his feelings for her (as well as memories of unfavourable reactions from his parents about his hobby of sketching and painting); at the end, he decides that it might be a lark to try to lure Pixie away from his brother. He proceeds to do just that before dinner as she plays up her role of nurse and guides George through some exercises in the front parlour. This leads to an arm wrestling match between all the boys, involving both wagers for a few coins--and kisses for the winner from Pixie. <b>That evening, they all gather in the front parlour, and agree to attend the ball and bonfire at the Hatley Manor hotel the next night</b>. George catches Albert and Pixie canoodling in the kitchen, but decides he's in no position to say anything because he was ready to embrace Alice the governess), the next day, the crowd slept in, all except Alice, who took her charges into the village to watch a magic lantern show. On their return, George decided to show them his secret--the full extent of his artistry.<br />
It was revealed that Eleanor is also a budding artist, and the siblings agreed to continue to develop their talent and to hide it from their disapproving parents.<br />
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In chapters 24 and 25, the girls returned to the house, and <b>Alice and George, alone in the enclosed garden</b>, sat side by side on the bench... They kissed, and Alice revealed her true identity to George. They talked, perhaps all too briefly, about what they would do with their newfound feelings.<br />
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Now, in chapter 26, George watches her with Mr Palmer (who's returned to inspect the aviary and agree on its purchase) and thinks about how he's actually looking forward to the big party at the fancy hotel that night, now that he'll have Alice on his arm. I've skipped this bit, and a bit where they discuss Alice's attachment to the cottage and the birds, as well as the fact that Alice isn't really a governess and what they might have to tell his family, if anything. Also a part where, seated side-by-side and hand-in-hand on the porch, they talk of George's hopes and plans for his future career, in despite of his father. <b>Then she asks him a question...</b><br />
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<blockquote>Now, finally, came her chance to ask him. "None of you came to my debutante ball," she announced. By dint of concentrating on differentiating the excited calls of the birds, she kept herself from squeezing his palm against hers, giving away her eagerness to hear his reply.<br />
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George's brows rose. "We were invited?"<br />
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"Indeed you were. I'm not certain what your reason was, but it was rather galling to receive a one-line note of regret, with no excuses given. Our parents move in the same circles, after all."<br />
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"Was this last year?"<br />
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"Two years ago."<br />
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"Then that explains it." He smiled, as if relieved to have a suitable explanation. "We'd gone away as a family. Father kept it all hush-hush, as we were back in England, seeking investors for a new venture. James met his wife and was married out there, but had a second wedding on our return. And she's actually from New York, so all the talk is about her being a Yankee. Father's done well, keeping our Yorkshire dealings a secret, though we were gone for months. I'm surprised James managed to persuade Clarice to leave the soft dales and pretty woods for the big city and our long Canadian winters."<br />
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"Would you return to England?"<br />
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"To live? I might do. Had some great times out there. I was meant to be in Europe this summer anyway. If it hadn't been for this damned cast..." He brushed her cheek with the ball of his thumb. "But I'm resigned to it now, for the first time in weeks. More than resigned; if it hadn't been for my broken leg, I wouldn't have met you."<br />
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"And wouldn't that have been a terrible shame?" said a mocking voice.<br />
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She dropped George's hand but did not immediately move aside. She glanced around, trying to place Albert. There, his head resting between two rails as he stood on the ground and peered up at them, chin level with the planks of the porch.<br />
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"I trust you had a pleasant picnic, Mr Cunnick," she said, and rose, drawing away from George's touch, as slowly as possible so that Albert would not think she was trying to cover up any inappropriate behaviour, but getting to her feet simply because she had decided to do so. The less fodder he had for teasing, the better.<br />
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"I shall see if my charges have risen." She took refuge in her governess persona. "I will send Elsie out to bring up your baskets for you."<br />
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She sauntered off into the house before he could reply to her directly, but that did not prevent her from hearing his words to George.<br />
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"Feisty one, isn't she? Are you going to explain why you're making calf eyes at the governess?"<br />
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Alice remained at the foot of the stairs as though she'd been pasted there. Listening.<br />
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George was curt. "Seems to me it's no more than what you're playing at with my nurse."<br />
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He sounded so convincing, as if that was what he'd been doing all along, and all his words to herself had been the lie instead. As if he hadn't believed her at all when she confessed she was a McKerrow.<br />
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"Now you've paved the way," Albert said, words punctuated by the tramp of his boots up the porch steps, "you won't mind if I play my hand, will you?"<br />
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She should never have let her emotions get so far out of hand as to reveal herself to George. He was bound to blurt something out, whether in her defence––or his own.<br />
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"I'd like a dance or two with her tonight," Albert added.<br />
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"Won't my nurse be hanging on your arm the entire night?" George asked bitingly.<br />
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"I sure as hell hope not. She's a great gal in her own way, but there're bound to be some other wenches at this shindig. Maybe a comely country lass or two. But that Miss Alice now, she's got something. Definitely my flavour, that one. Bring her some punch, catch her as she swoons to the latest Irving Berlin, and she'll let me kiss her before you can say 'Moonlight in Montreal'."<br />
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Alice did not linger for more. She bolted up the stairs, as if by running she might leave behind Albert's conquering words and cocksure manner. In one fell swoop, he'd sullied her entire afternoon. She did not even wait to hear what George might say about her––or if he said anything at all.</blockquote><br />
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It's been a while since I shared the <b>playlist for <i>Larksong</i></b>!<br /></div><div>
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I have two other stories, if anyone would like a different sort of flavour... Another one set in <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/50773369">July and August 1914, in Montreal</a>, and a <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/52824010/">fairytale about a statue of a mermaid</a>...<br />
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If nothing else comes from having decided to share parts of this story on my blog, I've realised that typing up the summary has given me the bare bones of a synopsis!<br />
<br />
I generally struggle with synopsis writing; I have the one for my <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/p/nanowrimo-badges.html">NaNoWriMo 2022</a> story still waiting around for me to edit it!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>How do you feel about writing synopses or query letters?</i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-12622142411556722122024-02-21T07:20:00.005-05:002024-02-21T07:24:44.691-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 25 and Patreon News from Monica Byrne<img align="left" alt="S" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/S-6-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />ome day I will catch up on updating my Books Read lists, but today is not that day!<br />
<br />
I'm still keeping track, but haven't had a chance to clean up the blog fields tab and fields yet.<br />
<br />
Just in case, I note here for posterity that I've read <i>The Hobbit</i> aloud to Miss E (age 9), and we've started on <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>, her first time experiencing these stories, and my first time, in 30+ years of annual rereads, reading them out loud!<br />
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<br />
Another bit from <i>Larksong</i>!<br />
<br />
<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
<br />
In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer. The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
<br />
In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
<br />
In chapters 3 and 4, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day! We saw a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
<br />
In chapters 5 to 7, they had their first argument, then argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon. Then George attempted a rapprochement.<br />
<br />
In chapters 8 to 10, Alice had some feelings stirring... During their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game, and they reached a détente of sorts before going their separate ways for the night.<br />
<br />
In chapters 11 and 12, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice. Yet this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
Meanwhile, George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice. (I skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
<br />
In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
<br />
In chapters 15 and, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden. Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join the brothers that evening in the parlour.<br />
<br />
In chapters 17 to 19, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br />
<br />
In chapter 20, following their early morning idyll, we finally had a true rapprochement. Alice, making up her mind in an instant, called out to George's sisters: "We're going on an expedition with your brother."<br />
(I skipped the rest of chapter 20, in which we take a trip through the woods with Alice, George, and his sisters. There are friendly chats, the girls sign their brother's cast, and George begins work on a sketch of Alice. When they return home, the girls help Alice feed the birds in the aviary and clean it in preparation for the arrival of Mr Palmer, a prospective buyer visiting from Boston. Mr Palmer says he will make his decision on purchasing the aviary and return the next day. Throughout the day, there are hints of the gathering storms of war.)<br />
<br />
In chapters 21 and, as Alice saw Mr Palmer off at the gate, a new complication emerged, in the arrival of Albert's friends from university. Alice and George came close to admitting their attraction, but then George unwittingly insulted the birds and the aviary and Alice's affection for her grandmother's pets.<br />
<br />
In chapter 23, following omitted scenes (a bit of George's reflections on Alice, and his feelings for her (as well as memories of unfavourable reactions from his parents about his hobby of sketching and painting); at the end, he decides that it might be a lark to try to lure Pixie away from his brother. He proceeds to do just that before dinner as she plays up her role of nurse and guides George through some exercises in the front parlour. This leads to an arm wrestling match between all the boys, involving both wagers for a few coins--and kisses for the winner from Pixie. That evening, they all gather in the front parlour, and agree to attend the ball and bonfire at the Hatley Manor hotel the next night. George catches Albert and Pixie canoodling in the kitchen, but decides he's in no position to say anything because he was ready to embrace Alice the governess), the next day, the crowd slept in, all except Alice, who took her charges into the village to watch a magic lantern show. On their return, George decided to show them his secret--the full extent of his artistry.<br />
It was revealed that Eleanor is also a budding artist, and the siblings agreed to continue to develop their talent and to hide it from their disapproving parents.<br />
<br />
In chapter 24, the girls returned to the house, and Alice and George were alone in the enclosed garden, seated side by side on the bench... They kissed, and Alice revealed her true identity to George.<br />
<br />
In chapter 25, they talk briefly about what they will do with their newfound feelings...<br />
<br />
<br />
<blockquote>Elsie called from the path, "That Mr. Palmer's returned to see you."<br />
<br />
Alice sat too close to George; it would be evident they'd been touching. She leapt up just before Elsie appeared round the turn, and stood behind his chair, as if she'd been observing the paintings from that position the entire time. She spoke in the best nonchalant tone she could affect. "Thank you, yes, I was expecting him. I'll be up presently."<br />
<br />
"What will you do now?" George asked, as Elsie nodded and retreated.<br />
<br />
Elsie hadn't seemed to notice anything amiss, but Alice couldn't shake the worry that she'd overlooked something. "Please don't tell anyone," she pleaded, coming around to stand before George.<br />
<br />
"About your identity or about our tryst?" he asked, but he was teasing, eyes crinkling at the corners.<br />
<br />
"Will you tell the others about our–-about what's happened?"<br />
<br />
"Will <i>you</i>?"<br />
<br />
"It's <i>your</i> family. What will they think if they believe you're, er, dallying with the governess?"<br />
<br />
His silent laughter stopped. "Is that what you think I'm doing–-or would have done? Albert doesn't learn his bad habits from me, I assure you."<br />
<br />
He hadn't yet clarified whether he would tell the others, she noticed. "Then what shall we do? I'd like to continue as governess until Albert and his friends have gone. I don't fancy the humiliation of having my grief exposed to their snide remarks. At least not until the birds-–oh, Mr. Palmer's here! I have to be getting back."<br />
<br />
"Don't run off, Alice! Hand me the crutches and I'll walk with you. You can wheel the empty chair up with the crate. Please," he added, as if on an afterthought.<br />
<br />
Before, she'd not scolded his habit of commanding others, as a governess might have. And now that he knew she was not a governess, he'd been quicker to remember his manners, even if politeness did not appear to come naturally to him.<br />
<br />
George folded up the easel but did not hold it out to her right away. "D'you think I might have another chance to paint tomorrow? Perhaps we could leave it under the bench."<br />
<br />
She considered the nearby rose bushes, the shelter of the overhanging wisteria, and his need to keep every aspect of his talent a secret. Appearing on the porch with the easel at this time risked having Albert and the others notice. "I expect it will be safe enough."<br />
<br />
As she closed the lid of the crate and slid the easel under the seat, she tried to recall if she'd ever met Mr. Cunnick Senior, and wondered what he was really like. Both George and Eleanor had reflected their father's convictions about painting and deflected praise of their talents.<br />
<br />
She turned to help George out of his chair, first lowering the contraption that held his leg straight, then handing him his crutch as he shifted to stand on his right foot, to save his left leg from carrying all his weight at once. Only when he was steady, on foot and crutch, did she hold out the second crutch.<br />
<br />
Instead of taking it, however, he reached out and, curving an arm about her waist, drew her into his embrace. Her chin was level with his shoulder, and she could fit her head comfortably against his neck, mouth at his collar, where he had the top two buttons undone. She might kiss the very spot where sun-darkened skin gave way to a paler hue.<br />
<br />
"This is nice," he murmured into her hair. "I could stay like this for a while."<br />
<br />
She wrapped her arms about his waist to keep them steady as he shifted some of his weight onto her. The second crutch dropped against his chair. "I'd like to," she agreed quietly, then added in a regular tone, "but I mustn't keep Mr. Palmer waiting."<br />
<br />
"I suppose not," George said, but did not let go at once.<br />
<br />
Cicadas droned in the pines behind the garden, and from far off came the shrieks and calls of children at the lakeshore.<br />
<br />
George's fingers tapped lightly at her hip. His own hipbone, so near to where his cast began, suddenly became real to her as a part of his body. How strange that their physical selves should be so fragile, with bones that could break in an instant and require months to heal fully, yet so sturdy at the same time; internal processes carried on without any conscious thought on the part of the mind. George's heartbeat was steady and strong under her hand.<br />
<br />
A blackbird trilled on the rose bush behind the bench. She stored George's scent of spice and cinnamon deep within herself.<br />
<br />
And then her mind sounded a warning. "George, I really must go!"<br />
<br />
He drew his arm aside, slowly, and she passed him the crutch, set the crate on his chair, and began to wheel it up the path. There was a moment of silence, and then his step-crutch began to follow her up from the garden.<br />
<br />
She waited at the place where the path curved and widened, and they returned to the house together.</blockquote><br />
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<br />
I loved <a href="https://www.monicabyrne.org/">Monica Byrne</a>'s <i>The Actual Star</i>; here's <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2021/09/mini-book-reviews-and-more-photos-of.html">my review from when I first read it</a>:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffa400;"><i>The Actual Star</i> by Monica Byrne</span><br /></div><div>
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<blockquote>
"David Mitchell’s <i>Cloud Atlas</i> meets Octavia Butler’s <i>Earthseed </i>series, as acclaimed author Monica Byrne (The Girl in the Road) spins a brilliant multigenerational saga spanning two thousand years, from the collapse of the ancient Maya to a far-future utopia on the brink of civil war.<br />
<br />
<i>The Actual Star</i> takes readers on a journey over two millennia and six continents —telling three powerful tales a thousand years apart, all of them converging in the same cave in the Belizean jungle.<br />
<br />
Braided together are the stories of a pair of teenage twins who ascend the throne of a Maya kingdom; a young American woman on a trip of self-discovery in Belize; and two dangerous charismatics vying for the leadership of a new religion and racing toward a confrontation that will determine the fate of the few humans left on Earth after massive climate change.<br />
<br />
In each era, a reincarnated trinity of souls navigates the entanglements of tradition and progress, sister and stranger, and love and hate—until all of their age-old questions about the nature of existence converge deep underground, where only in complete darkness can they truly see.<br />
<br />
<i>The Actual Star</i> is a feast of ideas about where humanity came from, where we are now, and where we’re going—and how, in every age, the same forces that drive us apart also bind us together."</blockquote><br />
<br />
This book has been garnering rave reviews and it's evident from the reviews that the readers have loved the book as much as I did. Yet I don't think the <i>tone</i> of the reviews matches the book at all. Yes, it's chock full of languages and maps and historical research and scientific and philosophical questions, but emphasizing those features takes away from the heart of the story, I find. It's like those people who say they find Tolkien difficult to read because there are so many descriptions of nature; pointing out such aspects misses out on discussing the emotional arcs of the characters, the actual (!) <i>feel</i> of the book.<br />
<br />
I loved the imagery woven throughout the three timelines, the echoes of past and future, the ordinary moments and the transcendent moments. I loved the emphasis on the importance of place. As a Tolkien fan, I loved the completeness with which the historical and future worlds were written. I love the idea that we may someday understand the speech of doves and cicadas!<br />
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This is the sort of book I can't wait to get as a gift for my friends and family, so that we can all talk about it!<br />
<br />
I'm a Patron of Monica's over on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/monicabyrne">Patreon</a>!<br /><br />
<br />
Monica has a new introductory video out for the patreon!<br />
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I'm a patron of 15 creators at the moment, including artists, writers, musicians, photographers, podcasters, knitters, and actors. It's such a wonderful way to keep in touch with creators and see all their wonderful work.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Are you a patron or supporter of anyone?</i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-50941502224457191132024-02-14T05:49:00.000-05:002024-02-14T05:49:29.514-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 24 and Fun Recommendations!<div><div><div><img align="left" alt="L" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/L-12-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />ots of recommendations today!<br />
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Scroll down for the fun stuff, after the latest story scene!<br />
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<br />
<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
<br />
In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.
The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
<br />
In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
<br />
In chapters 3 and 4, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day! We saw a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
<br />
In chapters 5 to 7, they had their first argument, then argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon. Then George attempted a rapprochement.<br />
<br />
In chapters 8 to 10, Alice had some feelings stirring... During their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game, and they reached a détente of sorts before going their separate ways for the night.<br />
<br />
In chapters 11 and 12, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice. Yet this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
Meanwhile, George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice. (I skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
<br />
In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
<br />
In chapters 15 and, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden. Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join the brothers that evening in the parlour.<br />
<br />
In chapters 17 to 19, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br />
<br />
In chapter 20, following their early morning idyll, we finally had a true rapprochement. Alice, making up her mind in an instant, called out to George's sisters: "We're going on an expedition with your brother."<br />
(I skipped the rest of chapter 20, in which we take a trip through the woods with Alice, George, and his sisters. There are friendly chats, the girls sign their brother's cast, and George begins work on a sketch of Alice. When they return home, the girls help Alice feed the birds in the aviary and clean it in preparation for the arrival of Mr Palmer, a prospective buyer visiting from Boston. Mr Palmer says he will make his decision on purchasing the aviary and return the next day. Throughout the day, there are hints of the gathering storms of war.)<br />
<br />
In chapter 21, as Alice saw Mr Palmer off at the gate, a new complication emerged, in the arrival of Albert's friends from university.<br />
<br />
In chapter 22, we saw Alice and George's reactions and they were close to admitting their attraction, but then George unwittingly insulted the birds and the aviary and Alice's affection for her grandmother's pets.<br />
<br />
In chapter 23, following omitted scenes (a bit of George's reflections on Alice, and his feelings for her (as well as memories of unfavourable reactions from his parents about his hobby of sketching and painting); at the end, he decides that it might be a lark to try to lure Pixie away from his brother. He proceeds to do just that before dinner as she plays up her role of nurse and guides George through some exercises in the front parlour. This leads to an arm wrestling match between all the boys, involving both wagers for a few coins--and kisses for the winner from Pixie. That evening, they all gather in the front parlour, and agree to attend the ball and bonfire at the Hatley Manor hotel the next night. George catches Albert and Pixie canoodling in the kitchen, but decides he's in no position to say anything because he was ready to embrace Alice the governess), the next day, the crowd slept in, all except Alice, who took her charges into the village to watch a magic lantern show. On their return, George decided to show them his secret--the full extent of his artistry.<br />
It was revealed that Eleanor is also a budding artist, and the siblings agreed to continue to develop their talent and to hide it from their disapproving parents.<br />
<br />
In chapter 24, the girls have returned to the house, and Alice and George are alone in the enclosed garden, seated side by side on the bench... He has just asked her, "Before, when you were talking to Eleanor about the art of painting, you said 'I wish' but did not go on. What was it you wished for, Alice? Can I grant your wish?"<br />
<br />
<br />
<blockquote>If she revealed herself to him, she would have to reveal the truth of herself as well. It would never do for a governess to ask for what had come to mind as she described the joys of painting to Eleanor.<br />
<br />
She'd never experienced an artist's satisfaction herself, though she'd made attempts now and again, when a particular image struck her fancy and she tried to replicate it. Once or twice she'd succeeded in developing a photograph that replicated a light or a scene she was pleased to have captured forever, but never had she found such a pure form of expression as George and Eleanor seemed able to produce on a whim. Amd what she wished for now was well beyond her meagre ability.<br />
<br />
"What I said to Eleanor comes near to it," she began, finding her way as she picked out her words. "You must feel so...free." Encouraged by his attentive expression, she added, "To be able to put down on paper or canvas an image or a moment that means a lot to you."<br />
<br />
"Is that what you would wish for, then, the ability to draw?" He flexed his fingers, as if considering anew his own capability. The fingers of his other hand played up and down her spine and a heavy heat sank low in her belly. "If you already possess the talent, I can help develop it. I might offer you lessons, in shadow, or perspective."<br />
<br />
"I don't think I have enough of a talent," she said, struggling to master speech with his face so close, the shadow of his stubble visible as a line across his cheek. She willed her mind to focus. "I can draw a stylised fir tree, at best. Certainly never a landscape––nor a face."<br />
<br />
He drew his cheek from hers and tilted his head to look her in the eye. "Then what you would wish for?"<br />
<br />
"A painting of you," she blurted. "The way you've painted my figure."<br />
<br />
He searched her face, as though seeking to further understand her words.<br />
<br />
She'd been blunt enough, and did not elaborate, but held his gaze.<br />
<br />
Finally, he answered, in light-hearted fashion. "Would you have me stand on the dock with my crutches?"<br />
<br />
"You'll not wear that cast for much longer." She used the reference as an excuse to rest her hand on his good leg, just above the knee. What an alarming liberty to take! "Why do you talk as if it's a permanent part of you?"<br />
<br />
"I can't look that far ahead. At least another two weeks of its weight, and then––how many weeks passed before you regained your usual strength?"<br />
<br />
Now she saw what else he'd caught on canvas; the figure on the dock wasn't a frail wisp, but strong enough to withstand any wind off the lake. Her thumb shifted back and forth over his knee, almost a caress. "I won't sugar coat it. It took me longer than I'd expected it to." She gave him back the gift of admiring his strength. "You're an athlete; I'm sure it will be easier for you."<br />
<br />
"I'll have to work hard to get back to championship level."<br />
<br />
"Did your team..." She kept her gaze on his cheek, on a curl of hair at his nape, anything to avoid his intense stare. "Did they win, at least?"<br />
<br />
"Yes, they did. No thanks to me. I was taken off in the first period."<br />
<br />
It rankled, evidently; he arrested his hand on the small of her back. She said, quickly, hoping to divert him from a funk, "But you'd helped lead them to the championship, hadn't you?"<br />
<br />
"I guess I had." His mouth lifted at one corner, a sort of wry acknowledgement of her praise. "You weren't working when you broke your leg, were you? I hope you didn't return to your duties as soon as your cast came off. I hope you had someone to look after you properly. I've been rather fortunate in that regard––since I came here."<br />
<br />
His hand fell away and his other hand jerked in his lap, as though he'd raised it to take hers, then instantly thought better of it, on recalling yet again her position as governess.<br />
<br />
Now was the time to tell him. It was the perfect opportunity. Why should she be tongue tied? She'd blame his eyes, blue-green and clear as lake water, holding hers. Or his hand––he'd changed his mind again, it seemed, and now his fingertips returned to rest on the small of her back, the gentlest of pressure drawing her closer. Yet it wasn't either of those.<br />
<br />
She had to know whether he was teasing her, simply as Albert toyed with Pixie. Yet she also didn't want to break the magic George wove over her. Revealing her name would lead to more talk. He would pull his face away, take back his hand, leave her cold.<br />
<br />
She opened her mouth––to say who knew what––and he touched his lips to hers. Whatever she might have said came out only as a soft moan, and then he was no longer gentle, questing, but firm, his mouth hard on hers, both his hands in her hair, thumbs moulding her cheeks.<br />
<br />
He tasted of spice and cinnamon, and she wanted him to continue, and he did continue, kiss after gentle kiss, and there was nothing else worth thinking or feeling but the taste of George, the soft demand of his lips, his arms about her on the bench in the silent seclusion of Gran's garden.<br />
<br />
He grazed his lips across her cheek and breathed her name. "Alice. I have longed to do that for days." He held her chin with thumb and forefinger. His eyes were half-lidded, but still clear. "So you would have a painting of me, would you? Where would you hang it? Where do you lodge when you don't have a situation with a family?"<br />
<br />
His question tipped her over to the other side. She could not abide that he should have <i>any</i> incorrect image of her, that his artist's eye should imagine in her in all sorts of unlikely locations that had no connection to the person she truly was.<br />
<br />
"I don't lodge anywhere," she murmured and then, as she continued, her voice picked up strength and speed. Her words tumbled one after the other as though she were rolling down the hill once more and about to break her leg again. "My family lives on Victoria Avenue in the McKerrow House. I'm not Alice Underwood––there's no such person. I'm Alice McKerrow."<br />
<br />
His eyes had clouded over as she'd spoken, but he'd not drawn his hands from her––yet.<br />
<br />
"I know the McKerrows," he said, and a line deepened between his brows. "Or rather, I know of them. Not sure from where."<br />
<br />
"Your brother––James, I mean––is of an age with my older sister, Grace. Perhaps they've attended a few of the same salons. Her husband is Smithwick, the brewer."<br />
<br />
"Yes, that must be it. I might have met her myself; I certainly know Arnold Smithwick. But why are you telling such a story?" His eyes crinkled at the corners as he studied her. "About being a governess, if you aren't one."<br />
<br />
She ducked her head to hid her smile, of relief that he seemed to believe her; she didn't want him to think she was laughing at having gotten away with such an elaborate falsehood. She wanted more of his kisses, as herself from now on; wanted to hurry past these mundane explanations. "I'm not completely unqualified as a governess. I have my BA and I do charity work at the General Hospital, in the children's ward, and volunteer at the Westmount Library. I never meant to call myself a governess here in this house. I'd just come from Gran's funeral––"<br />
<br />
She stopped abruptly, choking on the word as her throat closed up. Mundane, had she called them? Her need to remain close to Gran had been anything but. The image of Gran's coffin filled her mind, yet she could just as easily see her grandmother striding up the hill towards them, gardener's basket swinging on one arm.<br />
<br />
"Gran? Was that the––"<br />
<br />
"Mrs McKerrow," she interjected, before he could choose an epithet he might regret using. "It was my father that let the house to your parents just before she passed away. She looked after me when I was laid up with my broken leg. I'm her executor."<br />
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"I still don't understand. Why would you lie? You would have been welcome in the house as yourself––Miss Alice McKerrow."<br />
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Her name sounded right in his voice, so much lovelier than the mantle she'd worn since she'd arrived. If she'd been herself from the beginning––but no. She'd never have been able to spend the summer here as herself.<br />
<br />
"As a guest, yes," she told him. "But for how long? I wasn't ready to say goodbye. I couldn't let go of Gran's house. Everything I've told you about my broken leg is true, but it's not the only time I was with Gran here. I used to come here as a child, every summer, for weeks at a time. The thought of having to leave, to never return, never again wake up to the chatter of the birds, to tend to this garden with Gran––oh!" She covered her eyes with her handkerchief and bent her head.<br />
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"That's how you came to know so much about the hotel and the parties. Where everything is in the house."<br />
<br />
She nodded, still snuffling unladylike into her kerchief. What would Gran think of the mess she'd gotten herself into? Such a slipshod way of honouring her memory.<br />
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"Hey there, sweetheart." George tugged the kerchief from her hand and gently dabbed at her cheeks. "No harm done, you know," he said, and gave her another wry smile. "You're welcome to stay in the house as long as you like. As a guest, and not a governess. My sisters'll be––"<br />
<br />
"No! You mustn't tell them." She took back her kerchief and swiped at her cheeks, tears drying quickly at the thought of the humiliation were the entire household to discover the silly ruse she'd begun.<br />
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"But you've told <i>me</i>."<br />
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"I had to tell you, because––" She dropped her hand to her lap, wadding her kerchief in her palm.<br />
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"Alice McKerrow." George spoke slowly, as if testing the weight of her name on his tongue. He covered her hand with both of his. "Alice, it's a relief for me, too."<br />
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"Is it? What would you have done if you still thought I was a governess?"<br />
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He drew her in. "I'd already done it, hadn't I?" He spoke gruffly, as if the thought overwhelmed him. "I shall do it again, now that you are a McKerrow rather than an Underwood. Let's see if you taste different."<br />
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She kept her eyes open this time, to see how he looked with his eyes closed, but could not control her hands, which roamed across his back and shoulders, clutching, feeling every shift and bunch of his muscles as his arms wrapped around her. His hand tightened on the nape of her neck under her chignon and he deepened the kiss.<br />
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The taste of him, and the sweet pressure of his mouth, overcame her then and she closed her eyes and pushed into him, keeping the image of his long dark lashes resting on his sun-bronzed skin.<br />
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He parted her lips with his and his tongue slipped inside her mouth. She gasped with both surprise and need, and met the tip of his tongue with hers, thinking only that she must find a way to draw him even closer, to keep holding him.<br />
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"Miss Alice!" Elsie called down the path.<br />
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George's hands dropped from her shoulders as Alice jumped back onto the bench. She swiped furiously at strands of hair that had come loose, even as she did her best to smooth down her sleeves. What a mess!<br /></blockquote>
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And now...fun!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/2024-participating-institutions/">Colouring pages from 100 different libraries</a>!<br /><br /></b></div>
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New music from jazz pianist <a href="https://www.fergusmccreadie.co.uk/">Fergus McCreadie</a>!<br /><br /></b></div>
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Three really moving, thought-provoking movies that I've watched recently!<br /><br />
Boy<br /></b></div>
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople<br /></b></div>
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Jojo Rabbit<br /></b></div>
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<b>A new <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/blueberreads/741950946947596288/hear-ye-hear-ye?source=share">Our Flag Means Death game</a>!<br /></b></div>
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The <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saveofmd_crew/">saveOFMD</a> campaign is ongoing!
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We're showing all our support for having the third and final season picked up by a new network!<br />
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Please sign the <a href="https://www.change.org/p/save-our-flag-means-death%3Cbr%3E">petition</a>!<br />
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Upcoming events!<br />
March <a href="https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-reading-day-2024/">Tolkien Reading Day</a><br />
April<a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/"> Blogging from A to Z Challenge</a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Are you participating in any events in the next few months?</i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-84856667252881760172024-02-07T03:51:00.011-05:002024-02-07T03:51:00.150-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 23, Finland, and IWSG Day<div> <img align="left" alt="F" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/F-11-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" /><p>inland, Finland, Finland!<br /><br />It's the country where I want to be!<br /><br />As Monty Python once sang...<br /><br /><br />In my last post, I did my annual travel roundup and mentioned our Christmas trip to Finland and the 100+ photos I had to share; I'm posting them today!<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">But first, it's <b>Insecure Writer's Support Group Day</b>!<br /><br />And I have a new snip from <i>Larksong</i>!<br /></span></p><p><br />Last year's <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/02/annual-travel-roundup-trip-to-annecy.html">travel roundup is here</a>.<br />
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Then there was our Christmas trip to Finland! I have a LOT of photos to
share from that, so I'll put them in the next post. Teaser photos <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2024/01/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-21-and.html">here</a>!<br />
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January: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/02/annual-travel-roundup-trip-to-annecy.html">Annecy, France</a><br />
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March: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/03/tolkien-reading-day-and-olympic-museum.html">Olympic Museum</a> in Lausanne<br />
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August: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/08/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-6-and.html">Zurich</a>!<br />
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And <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/08/iwsg-day-and-joyce-in-zurich.html">James Joyce's grave</a><br />
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September: Lausanne <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/09/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-10-and.html">aquarium</a><br />
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And the <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/09/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-8-and.html">Swiss Vapeur Parc</a> (mini trains!)<br />
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October: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/10/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-12.html">Rath Museum</a> in Geneva<br />
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And <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/10/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-12_0739233171.html">various autumn photos</a><br />
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November: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/11/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-14-and.html">Manchester</a>, to see Rhys Darby!<br /><br /><br />
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are <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3D6e45e7e580%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C02%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7Cf6f39bad19594033431208dc2321971d%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638423874375638626%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xraigDtP7Xi8dsVEtJDy18KJTj0N%2BUQQJnO%2BSSaNeCc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">Janet Alcorn,</span></a> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3D46347f2521%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C02%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7Cf6f39bad19594033431208dc2321971d%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638423874375649904%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uMFQ7mzNsCqP0TINs3LpiOwxUX9ZpHpMv1KRNB8Ix%2Fo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">SE White,</span></a> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3De903958861%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C02%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7Cf6f39bad19594033431208dc2321971d%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638423874375661008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=S5uGS%2FLZLHtQ56bFCz18kWJnhDVjqkRfj%2FKsh4xbG5k%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">Victoria Marie
Lees,</span></a> </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 150%;">and <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3D89113f5b78%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C02%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7Cf6f39bad19594033431208dc2321971d%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638423874375672284%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=62WPhLkBu5CCcYe%2FlomhQqtwZc%2FmGa5QSFKT69jknNg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #007c89;">Cathrina Constantine!</span></b></a></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in
their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a
personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">February 7 question: What
turns you off when visiting an author's website/blog? Lack of information? A
drone of negativity? Little mention of author's books? Constant mention of
books?</span></b></span><p><br /></p><p>I love the variety of websites and blogs out there!</p><p>The one thing that makes me sad is if I fall in love with the stories of a new-to-me author and visit their website only to find that it hasn't been updated in a months and months. Even just a brief check in is nice to see!</p><p></p><p></p><p><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.</b><br /></p><p>In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br /><br />In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br /><br />In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br /><br />In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br /><br />In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br /><br />In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br /><br />In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br /><br />In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br /><br />In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br /><br />In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!), George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />(I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br /><br />In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br /><br />In chapter 15, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden.<br />In chapter 16, Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join George and Albert that evening in the parlour.<br /><br />In chapter 17, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br /><br />In chapter 18, we viewed the early morning idyll from George's point of view and considered the age-old art versus artist dilemma.<br />In chapter 19, we closed the morning with Alice's point of view.<br /><br />In chapter 20, we finally had a rapprochement. Alice, making up her mind in an instant, called out to George's sisters: "We're going on an expedition with your brother."<br /><br />I've decided to skip the rest of chapter 20, in which we take a trip through the woods with Alice, George, and his sisters. There are friendly chats, the girls sign their brother's cast, and George begins work on a sketch of Alice. When they return home, the girls help Alice feed the birds in the aviary and clean it in preparation for the arrival of Mr Palmer, a prospective buyer visiting from Boston. Mr Palmer says he will make his decision on purchasing the aviary and return the next day. Throughout the day, there are hints of the gathering storms of war.<br /><br />In chapter 21, as Alice sees Mr Palmer off at the gate, a new complication emerged, in the arrival of Albert's friends from university.<br /><br />In chapter 22, we saw Alice and George's reactions and they were close to admitting their attraction, but then George unwittingly insulted the birds and the aviary and Alice's affection for her grandmother's pets.<br /><br />In chapter 23, I've omitted a bit of George's reflections on Alice, and his feelings for her (as well as memories of unfavourable reactions from his parents about his hobby of sketching and painting); at the end, he decides that it might be a lark to try to lure Pixie away from his brother. He proceeds to do just that before dinner as she plays up her role of nurse and guides George through some exercises in the front parlour. This leads to an arm wrestling match between all the boys, involving both wagers for a few coins--and kisses for the winner from Pixie. That evening, they all gather in the front parlour, and agree to attend the ball and bonfire at the Hatley Manor hotel the next night. George catches Albert and Pixie canoodling in the kitchen, but decides he's in no position to say anything because he was ready to embrace Alice the governess.<br /><br /><b>The next day, the crowd sleep in, all except Alice, who takes her charges into the village to watch a magic lantern show. On their return, George decides to show them his secret...</b><br /><br />
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</p><br /><blockquote>"I've been busy here," George said, then paused, as if deliberately creating an air of mystery. "Would you like to see what I've been doing? Come on out to the garden."<br /><br />
"But what about dessert?" Lucy asked and Alice laughed along with her brother.<br /><br />
Their gazes met across the table and she decided in that moment that she would tell him the truth. It wasn't fair to criticise his actions when he was labouring under a misapprehension. "We'll take the cake and some lemonade with us," she said and wondered if the lingering smile on George's lips was meant for Lucy's antics or an indication that he was pleased Alice would be joining them.<br /><br />
He consented to be wheeled across, so they could set the picnic basket on his lap. He even let Lucy wheel him when she asked, though Alice, who'd brought his crutches just in case, made sure Eleanor helped, so he wasn't jostled overmuch.<br /><br />
She saw his work directly they'd turned the path towards the garden; his painting was still on its easel, half-turned in their direction. Lucy dropped the handlebars and ran forward with her sister.<br /><br />
"You shouldn't have left your paints out here," Alice murmured, taking over control of the chair. "Weekenders sometimes find their way into the garden."<br /><br />
"No one wants half-used tubes of paint," he said, matching her calm tone. "And I'd rather not keep them in the house," he added darkly.<br /><br />
Before she could ask him to elaborate, he wheeled himself forward to where his sisters had crowded around his easel. A second painting rested at its foot.<br /><br />
"You've been painting? You painted these?" Eleanor asked. Her voice was strangely quiet compared to its usual ebullience. Alice even thought she detected a note of malice, but that was absurd.<br /><br />
She stepped closer, meaning to cast a critical eye over the paintings and offer up a bit of governess' teachings, but her lecture flew from her mind at sight of George's subject: herself.<br /><br />
The painting on the easel was of her grandmother's house, and even after only a brief acquiantance, he'd seen and he'd captured its secretive, calming look, the way the house offered warmth and refuge to all who could unlock its doors. He'd imcluded only one bird, a small yellow budgie on a far windowsill.<br /><br />
The second painting, on a larger canvas but drawn in more detail, with a finer brush, was of the lake and the dock. The thin strokes somehow enhanced the wideness of the water and gave a feeling of endlessness to the woods beyond.
There was no mistaking the figure he'd placed on the docks; it was her grey skirt that rippled on an unseen breeze, her hat with the peonies held in one slim white hand, as the other waved to an impossibly tiny boat in the distance. He'd removed himself from the moment––unless it were he in the boat rather than Eleanor––but there she was for everyone to see, pointed nose and unruly curls and all.<br /><br />
She glanced at George, to see whether he was watching for her reaction, but he and Eleanor appeared tangled in a silent battle of wills, glaring at each other over the top of a sketchbook open on the bench.<br /><br />
"Can I paint something?" Lucy chirped. She'd left the easel to poke among his pots and brushes.<br /><br />
"Take this off my lap and I'll show you what to do."<br /><br />
Lucy leapt forward and relieved him of the basket, and George wheeled himself directly up to the easel and the palette he'd rested on one side.<br /><br />
Elsie must have helped him carry his supplies over early that morning. Alice wondered why the realisation should make her envious. She had no wish to be his dogsbody. And now half her mind was occupied with speculation as to the source of friction between the siblings.<br /><br />
At George's direction, Eleanor, still sporting a frown, set aside both his canvases, leaning them against a packing crate from which she took two sheets of drawing paper. He pinned them to the easel and, selecting one of the tubes, squeezed some green onto the palette, blending it with a finger into the colours already smudged on the silver. Then he pulled a fatheaded brush from a jar of turpentine, wiped it, and handed both palette and brush to Lucy.<br /><br />
Alice shifted her gaze from Lucy's eager face as she grasped the tools to Eleanor's––and surprised a look of longing in the older girl's eyes. "Did you want to paint, too, Eleanor? I'm sure you can both share the easel."<br /><br />
The change that came over the girl's face was startlingly quick. Her lids dropped and her brows drew together. "No, thank you. I'm sure there's something more worthwhile we could be doing."<br /><br />
George sat up straight, drops of turpentine flicking off the narrower brush he'd just picked up. "Such as what, Smelly-Elly? Perhaps you'd like to practice some Latin conjugations? Or work on your French grammar? Do some sums? What did you have in mind? Anything'll do, right, as long as it's something Father would approve of?"<br /><br />
"I didn't say––" Eleanor began hotly, but Lucy cut her off. "George! You're getting me all wet and icky!"<br /><br />
They stopped shouting. Alice went among them, wiping Lucy's face with her handkerchief, plucking the brush from George's fingers and handing it to his sister, then drawing Eleanor aside.<br /><br />
"Painting is a very worthwhile enterprise, Eleanor, dear," she said into the stony sour face. "I wish I could draw, myself. If you can, that is a worthy talent indeed and not one to be hidden." She did not look at George as she spoke, but felt his eyes on her, and heard his sharp intake of breath. "How lovely to be able to immortalise a scene or an emotion with a quick sketch of charcoal or to bring out the exact colours of a sunset or daybreak across the lake, with exactly the right shade of paint. I wish––" She stopped, for Eleanor had already lost the flushed tinge to her cheeks and grown calm.<br /><br />
She reached into George's crate and pulled out a few more sheets of drawing paper and two sticks of charcoal. She set them on the bench and Eleanor followed her, slowly sitting down and taking up one of the sticks, glancing from side to side as though something might spring out of the grass or from behind the bench to stop her before she could begin.<br /><br />
Alice unpacked the basket and handed out slices of cake to the girls and then to George. He held her hand for a brief instant as he accepted his slice, the faintest of warm pressure on her fingers. When she sat down with her slice, her hand smelled faintly of turpentine.<br /><br />
George ate his share in three quick bites, brushing his hands together to shake off the crumbs. He leaned back in his chair with a contented sigh and glanced from one busily preoccupied sister to another, then gave Alice a nod of approval.<br /><br />
Lucy, one hand smeared with icing, was happily slapping paint around in an approximation of trees and a lake. A sun with stick-straight arms shone down from the top edge of the paper.<br /><br />
Eleanor hunched over her lap with her hair falling forward over her eyes, and her charcoal moved swiftly over the surface of the paper.<br /><br />
Alice met George's eye again and realised he'd been watching her as she absently ate her cake while observing the girls. Hoping she hadn't taken any large unladylike bites, she swallowed the last piece and nibbled a crumb off her thumb.<br /><br />
George shifted in his chair, as if he'd grown sore from sitting in the same position. His gaze was focused on her hand at her mouth, and he ran his fingers through his hair, scratching at the crown, as though to dislodge whatever thoughts he had. He turned aside and called across to Eleanor, "What are you working on, Smelly-Elly?"<br /><br />
"Don't call me that," she muttered without looking up, as if she spoke from habit rather than having actually heard him. She scribbled furiously, hardly lifting the charcoal from the paper, as though one of them might take away either tool at any moment before she could finish.<br /><br />
"I painted the lake!" Lucy crowed, tossing aside brush and palette. George winced, and Alice sprang to her feet and hurried over. "It's a beautiful drawing, my dear. But you must remember that an artist always takes care of her materials. Dip the brush in the turpentine, please. And, er––"<br /><br />
"Leave the palette," George said. "I'll take care of it." He glanced around him suddenly, as if he'd forgotten they were out in the garden, and expected to find a sink nearby or a servant to be commanded. Yet his expression was furtive, as one who has emerged from hiding and feels exposed, and she wondered why he should feel so vulnerable in a place where no one knew him.<br /><br />
Yet the look did not abate; he wheeled himself around the easel and began packing away his paints and brushes into the crate. He tossed Lucy a rag with which to wipe her hands.<br /><br />
Alice was about to admonish him for the filthy state of the rag when Eleanor sat up.<br /><br />
"There. I've finished." She slid the sheet across the bench towards them, still clutching the stub of charcoal in the tips of her blackened fingers.<br /><br />
Lucy crowded closer as Alice sat down to look, effectively screening the drawing from George unless he wheeled right over. Which was just as well, because it hid from him Alice's first, open-mouthed reaction.<br /><br />
The girl had talent, there was no doubt about that. In a few lines and some discreet smudges, she'd captured the rose bush, the bench, Alice seated at one end, and George in his chair.<br /><br />
She'd caught them at the very moment when they'd been licking off the cake crumbs, and the angle she'd used meant there was no mistaking the fact that they had been––<i>were</i>, as immortalised by the sketch––gazing with longing into each other's eyes.<br /><br />
Lucy looked back and forth from the drawing to George, as if to confirm that the man in charcoal was really her brother. Then she turned her piercing gaze on Alice.<br /><br />
"It's lovely," Alice managed to say, as George wheeled forward, nudging Lucy aside with one hand, and took up the sketch.<br /><br />
"That's a rather inadequate assessment," he barked. His voice came out hollow, and he did not lift his eyes from the drawing.<br /><br />
Eleanor was dividing a stare between them, absentmindedly rubbing the end of the charcoal. Her fingertip was all blackened.<br /><br />
"Your brother's right," Alice said, ignoring the subject of the drawing in order to give Eleanor her due. "You have a true talent, dear. Have you taken lessons at all?"<br /><br />
"Only at school with Miss Seath. She teaches the older girls. But she saw––She lets me go up to the art room during break."<br /><br />
"I'm not surprised she does," George said, and now he was looking not at the drawing but at his sister, as though seeing her for the first time after a long absence. Casting a quick glance at Lucy, who'd wandered away and was poking at the brushes in the turpentine jar, he said quietly, "Keep it from Father. But don't let your talent go to waste. Promise me!"<br /><br />
Eleanor flinched at the sudden vehemence in his tone. But she replied just as fiercely, "I promise. Thank you, George." She leapt up and flung her arms about her brother's neck, kissed his cheek, then just as suddenly pulled back. "You can keep the sketch, if you'd like. Oh dear." She indicated his collar, where her fingers had left all sorts of smudges.<br /><br />
"No bother. I'll have to change for dinner anyhow," George said. Brother and sister smiled shyly at each other.<br /><br />
"What about the dance?" Eleanor asked, diverted. "Is the dinner before or after? May we go too, Miss Alice?"<br /><br />
Lucy dropped the brushes and bounded over. "May we, may we? Please? We'll be very well behaved."<br /><br />
There was no doubt she'd heard every word of the conversation. But perhaps she didn't need her brother's warning to keep her sister's secret safe.<br /><br />
Alice made a show of packing more items into the crate, so the girls wouldn't see her smile at their eagerness. "We shall see," she said in a put-on, prim governess voice. "If you're to stay up that late, it might be best if you had a nap now."<br /><br />
It was a mark of the girls' eagerness to attend the dance that neither protested at this, even though she'd phrased it as a suggestion rather than a command.<br /><br />
Rising, Alice offered to return and help George with his crate. He nodded absentmindedly, now running his fingers in the air along the lines and planes of Eleanor's sketch, and Alice herded the girls back to the house.<br /><br />
She delivered basket and thermos to Elsie, saw the girls upstairs and washed and tucked in with books, then headed out, pausing to inspect herself in the hall mirror.<br /><br />
She'd gained a bit of colour in her cheeks from spending the last few days outdoors. Otherwise, she was still drab with mourning, though she'd put on the second of her two suits that morning, the one with a touch of lace at cuff and hems, rather than the plain one she'd worn to the funeral.<br /><br />
None of the Cunnicks––or anyone of the others––had remarked on her attire. Perhaps they though black was a suitable shade for a governess.<br /><br />
She'd broken her mourning already when she'd donned her swimming costume, so it might only be equally wrong to wear another dress tonight. Last year's fashions, since she had only a few dresses left behind in an upstairs cupboard from the previous summer. But that was hardly a matter of concern; the most important consideration was ensuring there would be no one at the hotel who might recognise her.<br /><br />
And perhaps succeeding in impressing those she had so recently met.<br /><br />
Straightening her hat, she went down to the garden.<br /><br />
George sat as they had left him, in his chair, with his foot propped up. He had Eleanor's sketch on his lap still and stared down at it, possibly through it, chin in his hand.<br /><br />
"Which do you prefer?" he asked, as Alice perched on the bench beside him. "My painting or Eleanor's sketch?"<br /><br />
"They're not comparable, are they? Yours is––" She struggled to define what his image of her meant without referring outright to the impossible––the two of them, depicted as they might be in dreams. It was difficult to be objective. "A lonesome figure, yet not, for she is watched by the artist. And Eleanor's is..."<br /><br />
She leaned over, to look again at the girl's sketch. George's hand came around to rest on her back.<br /><br />
Her breath hitched, but she caught it, and tried to speak stoically. "It's ethereal because it tries to capture one moment in time and yet it––I––"<br /><br />
She lost track of her thoughts. His face was close enough for her to count the whiskers on his chin, to trace she curve of his lower lip if she but lifted a finger. Hadn't she promised to not let him come so near, to maintain a professional distance as long as he was ignorant of her identity?<br /><br />
Yet she was unable to stay apart from him, and certainly had not the strength to move away from the warmth of his possessive hand on her back.<br /><br />
He laid his cheek against hers. "It hints at something more," he said quietly, completing her thought. "Before, when you were talking to Eleanor about the art of painting, you said 'I wish' but did not go on. What was it you wished for, Alice? Can I grant your wish?"<br /><br /></blockquote>
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And now, Finland!<br /><br />
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various desserts, the natural history museum, different varieties of local
beer,<br />the Santa Claus express overnight train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi, Santa’s
Village at the edge of the Arctic Circle!,<br /> Moomins, reindeer meat, bear soup,
the Olympic Training Centre, churches and cathedrals,<br />a reindeer sleigh ride!, petting
huskies, basking in the heat of the sauna,<br />addressing Christmas cards in cosy
warmth while it was -15 Celsius outside, knitting,<br />pirate-y restaurants (and
some other Our Flag Means Death connections),<br />and that six-fingered hand on the
train door... A wonderful trip!</span><br /></div><div>
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<i>Where have you travelled to recently, near or far?<br /><br />
Are you an artist?</i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-67608698450498465892024-01-31T02:46:00.077-05:002024-02-06T03:56:40.665-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 22 and Annual Travel Roundup<div><img align="left" alt="Y" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/Y-2-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />early travel roundup!<br />
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Last year's <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/02/annual-travel-roundup-trip-to-annecy.html">travel roundup is here</a>.<br />
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Then there was our Christmas trip to Finland! I have a LOT of photos to share from that, so I'll put them in the next post. Teaser photos <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2024/01/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-21-and.html">here</a>!<br />
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January: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/02/annual-travel-roundup-trip-to-annecy.html">Annecy, France</a><br />
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March: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/03/tolkien-reading-day-and-olympic-museum.html">Olympic Museum</a> in Lausanne<br />
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August: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/08/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-6-and.html">Zurich</a>!<br />
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And <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/08/iwsg-day-and-joyce-in-zurich.html">James Joyce's grave</a><br />
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September: Lausanne <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/09/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-10-and.html">aquarium</a><br />
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And the <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/09/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-8-and.html">Swiss Vapeur Parc</a> (mini trains!)<br />
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October: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/10/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-12.html">Rath Museum</a> in Geneva<br />
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And <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/10/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-12_0739233171.html">various autumn photos</a><br />
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November: <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/11/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-14-and.html">Manchester</a>, to see Rhys Darby!<br />
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More of <i>Larksong</i>! Bit of a longer snip today, with some conflict and some flirtation...<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
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In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
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In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
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In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
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In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!), George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />
(I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
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In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
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In chapter 15, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden.<br />
In chapter 16, Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join George and Albert that evening in the parlour.<br />
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In chapter 17, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br />
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In chapter 18, we viewed the early morning idyll from George's point of view and considered the age-old art versus artist dilemma.<br />
In chapter 19, we closed the morning with Alice's point of view.<br />
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In chapter 20, we finally had a rapprochement. Alice, making up her mind in an instant, called out to George's sisters: "We're going on an expedition with your brother."<br />
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I've decided to skip the rest of chapter 20, in which we take a trip through the woods with Alice, George, and his sisters. There are friendly chats, the girls sign their brother's cast, and George begins work on a sketch of Alice. When they return home, the girls help Alice feed the birds in the aviary and clean it in preparation for the arrival of Mr Palmer, a prospective buyer visiting from Boston. Mr Palmer says he will make his decision on purchasing the aviary and return the next day. Throughout the day, there are hints of the gathering storms of war.<br />
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In chapter 21, as Alice sees Mr Palmer off at the gate, a new complication emerged, in the arrival of Albert's friends from university.<br />
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Now, in chapter 22, we see Alice and George's reactions and they might be close to admitting their attraction, but then...<br />
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<blockquote>The girls, hanging over the porch rail, accosted her the moment she'd turned the corner of the drive. "Have they come? Has the nurse come? We got letters and telegrams––"<br />
"And Albert said––"<br />
Their brothers appeared in the doorway and the sisters subsided as Alice announced, "Your friends have arrived, Mr Cunnick. They've brought your nurse, Mr Cunnick. If you'll excuse me, I'll need to confer with Elsie about meals and bedding."<br />
She waited for Albert, and George on his crutches, to step aside, and marched past them. She wanted to hang about as the girls had done, perhaps in the aviary, under the pretext of soothing the birds after the excitements of the morning's change in routine.<br />
But if the trio meant to spend the weekend–and possibly longer–then it wasn't fair to leave all the work to Elsie.<br />
Alice herself could set up a cot beside the girls, but she'd have to move them to her room first, where they could share the wider bed, while Neil and Colin could have the two separate beds in the other room. As for food––<br />
"Don't worry about it, dear," Elsie said comfortably, once Alice had announced the arrivals. "Albert's always got friends coming and going. You start moving the girls' things and I'll bake another pie. The roast'll do for lunch even with the extra mouths, and boys'll always feel full if they've had second and third helpings of dessert. Nurse'll eat in the kitchen with me."<br />
Alice wasn't certain of that, but she nodded. Her thoughts raced along as she went upstairs and began shunting trunks across the hall.<br />
She hadn't been formally introduced to Colin but she recognised him; his fiery red hair marked him as one of the Bleury Street McGills as obviously as if he wore a badge with his name on it. It wouldn't do for the governess to continue sharing the table in such company, no matter that George had invited her. Despite Neil's over familiar stance, at least Nurse Pixie would be put in her place.<br />
The rooms arranged and fresh sheets laid on, she returned to the kitchen. Muffled sounds of greeting had floated up to her and now she could hear laughter from the dining room, above the clink and chime of cutlery and glasses.
Pixie sat at the kitchen table, glowering down at her plate. She had replaced her nurse's cap at some point but had not thought to remove it at the table. Alice filled her own plate and took her seat between Elsie and Pixie.
"How long have you been here?" Pixie asked without any preliminary greeting.<br />
"A week or so," Alice began, but Pixie interrupted.<br />
"It's a bit out of the way, isn't it? What do they do for fun?"<br />
"Well, there is the lake."<br />
"What do you mean, like water games? Sporting events?"<br />
Alice stuffed a bite of bread in her mouth to keep from laughing at Pixie's horrified expression. "Surely you have a patient to tend to," she said once she'd swallowed.<br />
Pixie shrugged. "He's handsome, no doubt, but there's only so much I can do while the cast's still on. His brother sent me down. He hinted that George––Mr Cunnick, I mean––might be despondent at not being able to run and leap about as usual. But I had him walk before me on the crutches before dinner. Now there's a fine specimen of a man! I've gone over his diet, too. He seems fine. Nothing worth wasting a weekend down in the boonies for. Though the pay packet comes in handy."<br />
Alice had no idea how to begin replying to this remarkable speech and found herself inordinately irked at Pixie's reference to George as a specimen, as though he'd been ranked against a line of other patients. She didn't like the idea of Pixie looking George up and down, not one bit.<br />
Elsie caught her eye and smiled, likely meaning to commiserate with her about having Pixie foisted on them. But in Alice's current mood it seemed to her that all her emotions must be plain to read on her face. Riled further by the thought that everyone might be privy to her growing attraction, she lashed out at Pixie. "There are always exercises he could do! That leg's going to be weaker than the other when the cast is removed. If you don't help him practice putting weight on it now––"<br />
"Yes, yes, maybe." Pixie tore up her own bread and buttered it lavishly. "I've seen lots of broken legs in my time, and the best thing for them is to rest and heal. And while he does that... I wonder if that Neil fellow might take me to tea in the village? There must be a good class of restaurant somewhere, even in this backwater. Or maybe Colin knows––"<br />
A round of laughter from the dining room silenced her as effectively as if Alice had, as she'd been longing to do, kicked her on the shin under the table.<br />
She glanced at the door and, from the corner of her eye, saw Pixie do the same, staring wistfully, as if her desire to be with the boys could eradicate the barrier between them.<br />
Alice felt doubly ridiculous, then, for if she hadn't begun this charade, she would have been out there and wouldn't have had to care one whit about Pixie's desires.<br />
She returned her attention to her plate and finished her meal in silence. On her dignity, yet reflecting that if she <i>had</i> been out there, Elsie would have had to do all the work herself, for Pixie certainly wouldn't lift a finger.<br />
Or there'd have been another governess, and the house so full that the youngest boys would've slept on the porch. The very idea: a McLaggan and a McGill camped out on a porch cot!<br />
"What're you snickering about?" Pixie asked. "I don't see the boys looking twice at you."<br />
"I don't wish them to," Alice retorted. "I've my own concerns," she added with an attempt at an air of mystery.<br />
Pixie only smirked.<br />
Elsie shook her head over both of them and, rising, poked her head into the dining room. "They've cleared off. Will you help me––"<br />
"They've gone?" Pixie leapt up, butter knife clattering onto her empty plate, and ran out the door.<br />
Alice, suddenly realising she hadn't seen George for hours and chastising herself for caring about it, heaved a sigh and rose to help clear the tables and wash up.<br />
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They'd gone swimming, it turned out.<br />
Eleanor and Lucy burst into the kitchen wearing identical frowns and, without even being asked, let loose a torrent of indignation.<br />
"It's not fair!"<br />
"They didn't even––"<br />
"Albert promised to take us to the lake––"<br />
"But now he only wants to be with his friends––"<br />
"He said he couldn't have two kids tagging along––"<br />
"Kids!"<br />
"It's <i>not fair</i>!"<br />
Alice wrung out her dish towel and held up her hands. "Girls, girls, calm yourselves. <i>I'll</i> take you swimming."<br />
"Thanks, Miss Underwood!" Lucy crowed, but Eleanor continued to mope, the picture of dejection.<br />
"Is something wrong?" Alice hung the towel and filled the kettle.<br />
"Albert's not going to play with us at all for the rest of the weekend, is he?"<br />
"Er, likely not. But it's only a couple of days. We'll make our own fun. Besides, what about your other brother?"<br />
"George has his own distractions," Eleanor said darkly. "He's got Nurse Pouty-Face drooling on him."<br />
"That's not very polite, Eleanor," Alice said, more sharply than she'd intended as she bit back her frustration. She was grateful Elsie was occupied in the dining room. "Run along and find your pail and spade, Lucy."<br />
As soon as the younger girl had left, she added, "You should watch what you say around your sister, Eleanor. Little pitchers have big ears."<br />
They started up the stairs to change into their swimming costumes.<br />
"<i>She</i> was the one to notice first," Eleanor said. "We heard George laughing and wanted to share the joke, but then we heard Nurse. I stayed where I was but Lucy ran round the corner to investigate. She's all fired up by the Holmes stories we've been reading. She tiptoed there and back and reported to me––she's Dr Watson, you see––that Nurse was poking fun at the birds and George was laughing."<br />
Alice ought to admonish Eleanor for tattling and Lucy for spying but she couldn't speak for fear her voice would tremble.<br />
She threw open cupboard doors and flung bathing outfits onto the bed but, as she began to help the girls with their gowns, she forced herself to slow her movements. It would do no good to get riled up over this...specimen.<br />
She was here for the house, for the birds, to say farewell to Gran. She must stop wishing for more moments alone with George or for any sort of special regard from him. Especially if he proved so callous and shallow.<br />
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They came across George at the head of the dock, beside the spot where the paving stones gave way to tall grass. He was in the wheelchair, chin propped on one hand, watching Albert and his friends splashing at each other in the shallows.<br />
Pixie emerged from the changing booth in her swimming costume, and now it was Alice's turn to watch, following the slow turn of George's head in the direction of her figure. Pixie did not look at him once, however, but ambled her thin, lithe body, curls bouncing jauntily, down the length of the dock.<br />
Albert and the others were watching now, too. All eyes were on her as she lowered herself to the sunwarmed planks and leaned back, hands planted behind her.<br />
"What are we waiting on?" Lucy piped up.<br />
Alice laughed aloud at the contrast between the girl's innocence and Pixie's calculated movements.<br />
"Nothing, dear," she said and took Lucy's hand.<br />
She couldn't help glancing towards George once more, though, as she and the girls headed for an empty stretch of sand. Chin in hand, he gazed into the distance, as if he'd never even moved.<br />
Lucy was content to sit at the waterline and occupy herself with building a ring of castles, while Alice supervised Eleanor as she went through the training routine from her previous year's swimming lessons.<br />
Satisfied that she was able to hold her own in the water and not lose her head, Alice gave in to Eleanor's pleas and permitted her to take the rickety rowboat out a short way on her own. "Stay where I can see you," she said firmly, and settled back for a few moments' rest.<br />
The sun was hot through her hat and caftan, but she refused to emulate Pixie and bare herself any further. She trickled sand through her fingers and watched a family of ducks across the water.<br />
She steadfastly did not listen to the boys' splashing and raucous wrestling, the increased volume and force of which were clearly for Pixie's benefit. They laughed uproariously each time a cool drop struck Pixie's heated limbs and she squealed and waved her hands.<br />
<i>Even when I'm not playacting a governess, I don't squeal that incessantly</i>.<br />
She shaded her eyes with a palm, tracking Eleanor's slow, turning progress away from the shore.<br />
After all, she knew nothing of significance about Albert and his friends. Perhaps they were fine upstanding scholars during the year. Who could begrudge them a little summertime fun?<br />
What would she be doing, in all honesty, if her time was her own to spend?<br />
Still hiding her eyes beneath her hand, she tilted her head away from Eleanor, slightly towards the shore.<br />
George sat on, where his nurse had plunked him, hands in his lap, staring at the trees on the far shore.<br />
Almost as though he might be looking at her, though like as not merely watching his brother and the boys, diving and swimming as he could not.<br />
He raised an arm and shoved a hand into a pocket.<br />
Diving for the flask, Alice guessed, and was about to turn away when he drew out his small notebook and began to scribble.<br />
She was halfway up the beach towards him before she thought to check whether any of the others had noticed her. What could they think, even if they did so? She could sit where she liked, even as a governess, so long as she kept an eye on her charges.<br />
Besides, if Nurse wasn't going to attend to <i>her</i> charge, Alice could fill that role as well.<br />
"Shall I help you move to a more shaded spot?" she asked from a few paces off.<br />
"I can wheel myself," he muttered, not looking up from his work.<br />
She did not say anything further but settled herself on a nearby rock, bunching up most of the caftan beneath her to serve as a cushion.<br />
Presently, he raised his pencil from the page and looked at her, mouth set in a line. "Why are you sitting here?"<br />
If she'd known beforehand how rude the Cunnick boys could get, she might have reconsidered her impulse to stay at the house. It was high time George was lowered by a peg or two, governess' manners or no.<br />
"I need to watch over both your sisters at once, and this is an ideal vantage point," she said in a biting tone.<br />
It had no effect on him whatsoever.<br />
"I meant," he continued, still barking, as though she wasn't worth the courtesy of polite speech, "why aren't you swimming with the others? My brother doesn't care a penny for social norms; nurse, governess, if you're a woman, he won't enquire past appearances."<br />
The nerve! To equate her with the unmannered, low class Pixie!<br />
What did he mean by "my brother"? That he himself would never stoop to associate with a governess? How dare he judge her on her supposed position alone!<br />
Thoughts jumbled up like tangled wool by her contradictory reactions, Alice replied as spitefully as she could without giving herself away. "I can make up my own mind, Mr Cunnick, as to how I shall spend my afternoon. As it stands, I am preoccupied with fulfilling my duties and haven't time to be gallivanting with members of your social circle." She jumped to her feet and shook out her caftan, narrowing her eyes as she looked down at him. "I merely inquired as to whether you needed assistance. I know some people––"<br />
"What do you know of anything?" he snapped, his glare losing none of its force for being aimed from a lowly seated position. "You have no idea what it's like to be trapped by your own body, dependant on others to move around, reduced to asking for their help when you––"<br />
"When you've left your crutches up at the house. When you itch so badly, you wish they'd amputated the leg and had done. When––" She stopped, and resumed her seat. More charitable now that she'd recalled a little of what it was like to be in his situation.<br />
Not to mention that she'd had Gran to assist her, and no fickle brother and nurse to dump her by the wayside.<br />
George shut his notebook and returned it to his pocket. He looked at her, properly, mouth quirking up on one side and creating a dimple. "You do know, then."<br />
Pixie had joined the boys in the water, and was pretending to run from them as they splashed water at her with the heels of their hands. Their cries carried up and down the beach, mingled with those of the crowd. The hotel already appeared full to capacity, all its patrons scattered on towels or chaise longues or rowing little boats in circles near the shore. She spotted Eleanor in their midst and waved; Eleanor waved back, a tiny water reed in the distance. None of the noise and bustle seemed to reach the sudden small space between George and herself.<br />
He continued to eye her, speculative, and perhaps with a touch more kindness. "Is that what made you think of the switch?" he added.<br />
"It's not a––" she began automatically, and he joined her on the last word–– "switch."<br />
"I know," he said with a brief quirk of the mouth. "Thank you for the gift, whatever we call it. Blessed relief." His eyes clouded over. "I still owe you a prize from the other night."<br />
"Never mind. I have no need of anything, really."<br />
He did not seem convinced, but let the matter be. "Care to tell me how you know so much about broken legs? Broke one of yours once, did you?"<br />
"Last year, in fact. I was staying at this cottage with my grandmother." Best to stick to the truth as much as she could; if she meant to describe her recovery, it would be easier if she wove her web of lies with only one or two threads. "I was on my bicycle near the train tracks. Maybe twenty minutes down the line from the station, when I heard a train whistle. I panicked, and in my haste to move away from the tracks, I slipped and lost control of my bicycle, and fetched up at the bottom of that hill." She pointed to the rise beyond the trees, off to the side of the lake.<br />
"You fell <i>here</i>? And I thought <i>my</i> journey from the arena up the hill to Royal Victoria Hospital a long one."<br />
"Ah, no, I wasn't taken to the hospital. The doctor here set my leg, in his surgery. It was only broken below the knee," she added. She let her gaze linger for a moment on the length of his cast, rising from bare foot all the way to below his hip, where a patch of shaved skin was exposed directly beneath where his trouser leg had been slit apart. Perhaps he'd tugged up the trousers earlier in an effort to reach under the cast with the scratching stick.<br />
She raised her eyes to find him watching her. "I found the switch upstairs," she said swiftly. "It's the same one I used last summer."<br />
"You carved it yourself?" he asked, and he matched her breathless tone, as if they were both suddenly running away from the words they really wished to speak.<br />
His eyes were more blue than green today; possibly they shifted, depending on his location. Such long, dark lashes.<br />
She blinked, slowly, trying to focus on answering his words, rather than gazing at his smooth cheeks. "The doctor did. He also told me it was important to exercise the leg, even by simply raising it at the hip while lying in bed or––"<br />
She broke off under the force of George's amused expression. Was it her voice, wobbling like a school girl's, or her reference to such intimate matters as legs and beds, that had him smiling so?<br />
She lowered her gaze once more to his cast, recalling how Eleanor and Lucy had crowded him, asking about all the names and signatures. Her cheeks were warm, and not from the sun.<br />
There were at least four colours of ink and ten different names in her line of sight alone. "Who's this?" she asked, pointing at a set of block letters in red ink that spelled Society of Estel, Officer, First Class.<br />
George bent at the waist to read the words she'd indicated. "This?" he asked, and unnecessarily pointed at the same spot. His finger brushed hers, clasped it for a second, then let go. "That's my mate, Ross." His hand remained on the cast, so she kept hers there, too, resting lightly, a bare half inch from his elegant, tapered fingers, waiting for a second touch, if he dared and if she dared let him.<br />
"He and I started up our own club last term. We opened it to a few select graduating class members and we meant to continue it after we'd returned from Europe." Suddenly he balled his fingers into a fist and thumped the cast, directly over the word Estel. "He's there now. They all are. And if war comes, they'll declare for Canada and be ready to cross the Channel at a moment's notice. While I'll still be here, still useless. I'll be branded a coward," he finished, more quietly.<br />
"You're thinking much too far ahead," she said decisively. His broken leg was a nuisance, a mere setback he had to overcome. "There may be any number of political wrangles that don't lead to war. And if not––though I certainly hope Sir Edward Grey can talk some sense––"<br />
"Sense has nothing to do with it. It's what Austria is after––"<br />
"In any case, no one would call you cowardly for something that's not your––"<br />
"But they won't know! Once the cast comes off, who's to tell? Let me see your legs."<br />
His command came so abruptly that for a moment she wasn't certain she'd heard correctly. Wrenching her thoughts from politics, she deduced what he intended to look for––the length and muscle of her leg, compared with the healthy one––but still shook her head, and folded the caftan more tightly about herself.<br />
George waved an impatient hand. "Don't be ridiculous. If I was hale, we'd both be down there swimming with the others–"<br />
"We would?"<br />
They'd certainly made a habit of interrupting each other.<br />
"Of course. Don't mind what I said before, about nurses and governesses and the like. I don't dwell on that sort of thing." He glanced at her and away, returning another Eleanor's waves with one of his own. 'It's being stuck in this chair that makes me ornery. Let me see your legs."<br />
He'd flung her position at her again, right when she'd been so pleased that he'd wanted to go swimming with her and had nearly forgotten the role herself in the pleasure of talking to him naturally and easily. Now he was ordering her about, and it was back to being the dutiful servant.<br />
Unwrapping the caftan, she rested on her palms and stretched her legs out before her, wriggling her toes in their sandals.<br />
"It was the right leg, was it?" He looked, then looked away, as though burned, but his eyes slid right back to her form.<br />
"Yes. You can tell, can't you?" She hadn't noted any disgust in his expression, quite the opposite, but frowned down at her legs. Slim and shapely, if she said so herself, but there was no getting away from the fact that the right remained skimpier than the other.<br />
"Only now that I know," George said kindly, with a sudden improvement in manners. He turned aside again. "It's an odd place to convalesce, isn't it?"<br />
"How do you mean?"<br />
"Constantly reminding you of all that you can't do, swim or hike, or what have you. And those birds are the absolute end. Wonder what batty person thought of bringing that many breeds together in the first place. Pity you've had to be saddled with them, too."<br />
He tossed her what he likely thought was an engaging grin.<br />
"I happen to find that seeing to their welfare is the easiest and most pleasant of all my duties, Mr Cunnick," she said icily, rewrapping her caftan.<br />
He could have no idea of her connections, of course, but she could no more refrain from defending Gran's pets than she could help her unsuitable attraction to the man she must defend them from. "Furthermore, I do not think it 'batty' to care for one's fellow creatures."<br />
She gathered her feet under her and rose, a sudden ache growing in her healed bone. More rain to come that night, no doubt. "The birds are sweet and friendly and uncomplaining. Which is more than can be said about some people."<br />
She turned her back on him and stalked off as smoothly as possible on sand, down the beach towards Lucy.<br />
He called after her. "What's the matter, girl? What have I said?"<br /><br /></blockquote><br />
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Pictures to reward you for reading the wall of text! The week we got snow, a day out in Geneva (at a Thai restaurant with a koi and goldfish pond!), and some yummy tea and eclairs!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Have you ever broken a limb?</i><br /><i>
If so, I hope you had a smooth recovery!</i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-85278045028856749002024-01-24T04:55:00.109-05:002024-01-24T04:55:00.138-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 21 and a Few Photos from Finland<img align="left" alt="C" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/C-12-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />omplications...<br />
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Here comes some more conflict!<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
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In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
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In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
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In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
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In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!), George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />
(I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
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In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
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In chapter 15, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden.<br />
In chapter 16, Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join George and Albert that evening in the parlour.<br />
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In chapter 17, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br />
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In chapter 18, we viewed the early morning idyll from George's point of view and considered the age-old art versus artist dilemma.<br />
In chapter 19, we closed the morning with Alice's point of view.<br />
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In chapter 20, we finally had a rapprochement. Alice, making up her mind in an instant, called out to George's sisters: "We're going on an expedition with your brother."<br />
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I've decided to skip the rest of chapter 20, in which we take a trip through the woods with Alice, George, and his sisters. There are friendly chats, the girls sign their brother's cast, and George begins work on a sketch of Alice.
When they return home, the girls help Alice feed the birds in the aviary and clean it in preparation for the arrival of Mr Palmer, a prospective buyer visiting from Boston.
Mr Palmer says he will make his decision on purchasing the aviary and return the next day. Throughout the day, there are hints of the gathering storms of war.<br />
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Now, in chapter 21, as Alice sees Mr Palmer off at the gate, a new complication emerges...<br />
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<blockquote>Alice walked with Mr Palmer down the drive, grateful no one had been around to hear them and learn her real name. She'd written to him weeks ago, back when she'd still been herself, before all this governess malarkey.<br />
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Mr Palmer had arranged for a carriage from the hotel to come collect him. As she waved him off at the gate, a second car appeared in a cloud of dust and swerved past the departing car, stopping directly before her. A young man laughing, took his hands off the wheel and looked her over. Another tanned fellow sat beside him, and a girl in a nurse's uniform unfurled herself from the back seat.<br />
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The fellow in front, blond locks curling out from under his driving cap, leaned over his friend and called out to Alice, "Is this the McKerrow cottage, ma'am?"<br />
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"This is Penhallow," she said, giving Gran's name for the place. If the man noticed anything odd in her tone, he didn't let on. "The McKerrow cottage," she confirmed. "The Cunnicks are renting it for the summer."<br />
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"We made it!" the other man cried. Doors were flung open on all sides, even as the driver rattled the car through the still open gate and up the drive.<br />
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Alice closed the gate and walked up after them as the car juddered to a stop. The driver jumped out and helped a girl down the step. "Out you get, Nursie!"<br />
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"You're a beast, Neil," the girl said mildly. She brushed down her uniform and peered curiously at Alice.<br />
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Neil and the other boy came around and Neil stuck out his hand. "I'm Neil McLaggan."<br />
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"Pleased to meet you." His handshake was firm but brief. "I'm Alice... Underwood."<br />
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She'd recognised his name instantly. The McLaggans were the second most important family of brewers and tradesmen in Montreal, after the Molsons. Neil must be the younger son; she'd met his older brother John many times.<br />
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"I'm the governess," she clarified.<br />
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At her words, the girl tore off her nurse's cap and shoved it into a pocket. Her lips were painted red, shining under the bob of marcelled waves that appeared from under the cap.<br />
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"Are you?" Neil said. "Funny, you don't look like my idea of a governess."<br />
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The other boy had been busy unstrapping the luggage. "Is the whole clan here, then?" he called. "Albert said there'd be room. Aren't the parents away?"<br />
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"They are," Alice allowed, doing her best to take no notice of Neil's familiarity.<br />
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"No adults, then?" the nurse broke in, ignoring Alice completely and turning a gleeful expression on Neil. "There's a lark! Mind my grip, Colin," she added. "The ground here's awful wet." She frowned in a prim sort of way, as if summer showers had no business falling on a path she was about to take.<br />
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"Are you expected?" Alice asked the group, now all gathered behind the car. Given Neil and the girl's brazenness, she did not much care if it sounded rude.<br />
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Neil glanced up. "Albert wired us from university days ago."<br />
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"We ran into Pixie at the station here," Colin chimed in, as Pixie slipped her arm through Neil's and he guided her onto the flagstone walk. "Seems she was sent to check up on Albert's brother."<br />
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Alice shouldn't mind their arrival at all, certainly not. It was nothing to do with her.<br />
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Except their casual air of belonging boxed her further into the uptight governess role.<br />
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And what was this about Pixie having been sent as nurse to George? What kind of nurse acted as the lady of the manor––and wore lipstick?<br />
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Alice had been relegated to servant status while Pixie was escorted up the walk as if she belonged to the house––Gran's house!<br />
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"I see," she said, matching Pixie's primness, giving vent to her feelings by moving swiftly past them off the path, as if to show how little a spot of wet mattered on one's boots out in the country. "I'll go tell them you've arrived."</blockquote><p> </p><p>I'm hoping to have my annual travel roundup done as part of the next Insecure Writer's Support Group Day post! 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</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>What are some of your favourite candies and chocolates?</i><br />
</p>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-15963104465470426732024-01-17T05:02:00.003-05:002024-01-17T05:02:39.878-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 20 and Various Updates<img align="left" alt="I" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/I-12-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" /> have a list!<br />
<br />
But first, a bit more of <i>Larksong</i>!<br />
<br />
<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br /><br />
<br />
In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
<br />
The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
<br />
In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
<br />
In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
<br />
In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
<br />
In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
<br />
In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
<br />
In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
<br />
In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
<br />
In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
<br />
In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
<br />
In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
<br />
In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!), George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />
<br />
(I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
<br />
In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
<br />
In chapter 15, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden.<br />
<br />
In chapter 16, Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join George and Albert that evening in the parlour.<br />
<br />
In chapter 17, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br />
<br />
In chapter 18, we viewed the early morning idyll from George's point of view and considered the age-old art versus artist dilemma.<br />
<br />
In chapter 19, we closed the morning with Alice's point of view<br />
<br />
Now, in chapter 20, we finally have a rapprochement...<br />
<br />
<blockquote>After the idyll on the lake, to have to face Albert's mocking across the breakfast table only served to remind Alice yet again what a trap she'd dug for herself. The endless chirps and screeches of the birds from the aviary could not drown out his barbed words. Albert's voice rose over Polly's repeated cries of "nitwit! nitwit! cra–acker!" and her blood boiled.<br />
<br />
It was her own cursed pretence that held her back; a governess would not dare give him a piece of her mind the way she longed to do. Of course, a governess also shouldn't be led astray by George. Amidst all of that, Granny's birds were going hungry.<br />
<br />
Finally, when Lucy decided to linger over a third slice of toast, and Eleanor pulled out her paper dolls before the table had even been cleared, Alice grasped the opportunity to slip away.<br />
<br />
As she filled a bowl with seeds from the supply in the pantry, she shared a quick glance of understanding with Elsie, busy clearing the grate, preparatory to stoking the fire and heating water for laundry, Albert having already added a load to the basket.<br />
<br />
She went the long way round, through the hall rather than cutting through the dining room, and spotted a glint of something in the aviary doorway before she'd reached it.<br />
<br />
Closer to, the shards of glass were clear to see. In between, scattered droplets of blood peeked up from the flagstones.<br />
<br />
She stepped backward away from the mess and hurried around the porch, peering into the aviary from outside.<br />
<br />
Most of the creatures perched high up, but she caught flashes of yellow and blue at ground level, where overeaters pecked at some leftover grain.<br />
<br />
They'd been fed already.<br />
<br />
Intact glass in the aviary windows, and no cries of distress. Obeying instinct rather than reason, she quit the aviary and made for the garden.<br />
<br />
George raised his head at her approach and greeted her with a grimace, eyetooth and all.<br />
<br />
Instinct spoke, a small voice: "He wants you to forget this morning."<br />
<br />
But she listened to reason, and found the explanation for his pain: He cradled his right hand in his lap, wrapped in a handkerchief, stained crimson along its edge.<br />
<br />
He’d hurt himself during his first act of kindness towards her. Would acknowledging his intent, even to thank him, embarrass him further, or might it begin to breach the rift between them?<br />
<br />
She offered him her own, clean, handkerchief–-a dove’s token.<br />
<br />
He accepted with thanks, in a pinched voice. "I dropped the jar," he said shortly. "Thought I'd feed them for you while you were busy with my sisters."<br />
<br />
There was so much she wanted to say in response. If she offered to help with his wound, playing nursemaid would only deeper entrench her role as a servant of the family. How could he truly see her without knowing who she was?<br />
<br />
Before she could sift through possible replies, Eleanor and Lucy clattered down the porch steps.<br />
<br />
"Come, girls," Alice called, making up her mind in an instant. "We're going on an expedition with your brother."<br /></blockquote>
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<br />
And now here's my list: blog posts to come!<br />
<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>
2023 Writing Wrapup</li><li>
2023 Reading Wrapup and how to deal with the <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/p/books-read-by-me-2023.html">Books Read list</a>, which has gotten out of control</li><li>
the story of the Peregrine lunar lander and what's next for <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/p/writers-on-moon.html">Writers on the Moon</a></li><li>my 2024 goals, including for A Round of Words in 80 Days</li><li>
various blog revisits, as I take a look at over 15 years worth of posts!</li></ul>
<br />
In the meantime, there's <a href="https://twitter.com/DenizBevan">news about Our Flag Means Death</a>, and a huge upswelling of support in order to try to ensure a third and final season! Visit <a href="https://www.renewasacrew.com/petition">Renew As A Crew</a> to sign the petition and find out all the ways in which you can help!<br />
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<i>Have you made plans or lists or both for the new year?</i>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-27978873888845974922024-01-10T06:55:00.094-05:002024-01-10T06:55:00.142-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 19, and Crafts in 2023 Roundup<img align="left" alt="C" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/C-2-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />rafting roundup for 2023!<br />
<br />
<i>Winter</i><br />
<br />
I posted my <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/01/crafts-of-2022-roundup.html">2022 crafts roundup</a> and cited new goals for 2023:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>One friend has requested a shawl; I'd like to try something fancy (before next Christmas!). I'd like to try yet another complicated Kate Davies pattern. And finish the blanket/wrap I started last year!</blockquote><p>
<br />
I didn't do any of this, except that I finished the wrap! I also <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/02/all-crafts-all-time.html">knit a new hat featuring a moth and baked piña colada cookies, and made mantı</a>! The same post features cake, paper dolls, sewing projects, earrings by a friend's daughter, and me trying espresso with a lemon twist!<br />
<br />
<i>Spring</i><br />
<br />
<a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/05/iwsg-day-row80-round-2-to-z-wrapup-and.html">Knitting with Our Flag Means Death-inspired wool</a>!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/05/ofmd-part-5-baking-with-samba-austin.html">Chocolate cake baking class with Samba Schutte</a>!<br />
<br />
<i>Summer</i><br />
<br />
Cookies from a <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/06/iwsg-day-row80-and-food-photos.html">recipe in a story</a>!<br />
<br />
<i>Autumn</i><br />
<br />
Still working on the <a href="https://simplescarf.blogspot.com/2023/07/story-snip-from-larksong-and-scarf-for.html">Our Flag Means Death scarf</a><br />
<br />
Birthday cake and a new <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/10/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-12_0739233171.html">baby blanket</a>!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/11/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-15-and.html">Cupcake baking class with Samba Schutte</a>!<br />
</p><p></p><p><br />
</p><p>Mostly, I was writing! Update coming soon. Meanwhile, a short snip from <i>Larksong</i>:</p><p><br />
<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
<br />
In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
<br />
The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
<br />
In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
<br />
In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
<br />
In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
<br />
In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
<br />
In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
<br />
In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
<br />
In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
<br />
In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
<br />
In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
<br />
In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
<br />
In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!), George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />
<br />
(I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
<br />
In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
<br />
In chapter 15, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden.<br />
<br />
In chapter 16, Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join George and Albert that evening in the parlour.<br />
<br />
In chapter 17, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br />
<br />
In chapter 18, we viewed the early morning idyll from George's point of view and considered the age-old art versus artist dilemma.<br />
<br />
In chapter 19, we close the morning with Alice's point of view...<br />
<br />
<br />
</p><blockquote>She hadn't gone back down to the parlour last night. Alice would have, but not Miss Underwood. Especially not in front of Albert.<br />
<br />
Then, this morning, since the moment she'd run down to the dock, she'd been Alice. Herself, clambering into the boat. Herself, talking with George as an equal.<br />
<br />
So captivated by his charm that she'd forgotten her role.<br />
<br />
She could not reply now as Miss Underwood without crushing him. The only thing to do was to sidestep the issue.<br />
<br />
"Are you all right to stand?" she asked quietly, then made a show of checking her watch and gasping, widening her eyes. "I must see to the girls! They'll have been awake for ages. There's breakfast and the morning's lesson. And I've not fed the birds, or–"<br />
<br />
"Go on, then." He waved her off.<br />
<br />
She took two steps, hesitated, glanced back to find him grasping the bollard.<br />
<br />
"Oh, that'll never work." She skipped back to his side and held out her hands. Someone somewhere among the early risers was likely gathering grist for the rumour mill, but it hurt her to watch him floundering.<br />
<br />
He slipped his palms onto hers, gripped–warm and sure, strong hands engulfing hers–and she hauled him up until he'd gotten his good leg underneath him.<br />
<br />
"However did you get into the boat in the first place?" she asked as she passed over the crutches.<br />
<br />
"Let's just say I was glad no one was around to watch–or listen. Get along now, before they send out a search party."<br />
<br />
Their gazes met. The green of his eyes sparkled, sunshine glinting off the lake, hiding the profound depths.<br />
<br />
She spun away, before she might linger and reveal herself even further, and sped up the path, not running because he was watching, he must be watching, oh if only there'd been time and they could have walked back together, but the girls–the story she'd woven about herself–and the birds–the last link to her former self–before George–and all of her other duties, none of them would wait, and they pulled her along up the path, while her mind–her heart?–lingered on the lakeshore, left behind, bereft.</blockquote><br />
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My <a href="https://www.instagram.com/denizb33/p/C1fSA0VIq0Q/?hl=en&img_index=1">latest project, a scarf with wool from Finland</a>!<br />
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Travel roundup post coming soon!<br />
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<i>Do you have any new craft projects on the go?</i>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-19270441994544522132024-01-03T06:55:00.094-05:002024-01-03T06:55:00.148-05:00Tolkien Birthday Toast, IWSG Day, Writers on the Moon, and Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 18<img align="left" alt="T" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/T-7-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />he Tolkien Birthday Toast!<br />
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<blockquote>"To celebrate Tolkien’s 132nd birthday on 3 January 2024, <a href="https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-birthday-toast-2024/">the Tolkien Society invites all Tolkien fans to raise a toast to the Professor</a>.<br />
</blockquote><p> </p><blockquote>The Toast<br />
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After Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first birthday in <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>, Frodo toasted his uncle’s birthday each year on 22 September.<br />
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J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein on 3 January 1892, and we invite you to celebrate the birthday of this much loved author by raising a glass at 9pm your local time.<br />
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The toast is simply:<br />
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The Professor!<br />
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All you need to do is stand, raise a glass of your choice of drink (not necessarily alcoholic), and say the words “The Professor” before taking a sip (or swig, if that’s more appropriate for your drink). Sit and enjoy the rest of your drink."<br /></blockquote>
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Today is also Insecure Writer's Support Group Day!<br />
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<i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Remember, the question is
optional</span></i><br />
</span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black;">January
3 question: Do you follow back your readers on BookBub or do you only follow
back other authors?</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: medium;">This one's relatively easy -- I'm not really on BookBub! I should go check, see if my books have been featured on there. It's not easy to keep up with all of the different places to be; I'm only just beginning to get used to Bluesky and Mastodon!</span><br />
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And now, a new snip from <i>Larksong</i>!<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
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The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
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In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
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In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
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In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
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In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
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In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
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In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
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In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!), George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />
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(I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
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In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
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In chapter 15, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden.<br />
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In chapter 16, Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join George and Albert that evening in the parlour.<br />
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In chapter 17, Alice went out early the next morning, to find George rowing on the lake, and joined him.<br />
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In chapter 18, we view the early morning idyll from George's point of view and consider the age-old art versus artist dilemma...<br />
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</p><blockquote>Yesterday was a great weight on his shoulders.<br />
He'd sat outside till full dark, still hungry despite the plentiful tray,<br />
By starlight he'd climbed the porch steps, breathing hard from the cold.<br />
Unwilling to scrounge for food in the kitchen with his unwieldy leg and even less willing to ask Albert – working out a patience in the parlour – for help, he'd held his breath and moved to his room as quietly as the crutches allowed, and collapsed.<br />
Then woke early with a shooting pain up his leg.<br />
Trying to keep his mind off that had led to this business with the boat. But pulling on the oars was not enough; there was just no way to work off his feelings if he couldn't get out on the ice.<br />
"Not even a field," he muttered.<br />
"Sorry?" Alice drew her gaze from a pair of loons by the shoreline and sent a piercing glance his way.<br />
"Hockey. I miss getting out there, getting into a scrum. Working up a sweat."<br />
"Your leg's on the mend. As soon as the cast's off, you'll have exercises in plenty. Not like TB."<br />
"Were we talking about TB?"<br />
She averted her gaze, this time staring down at the planks as though she could see straight through them, to the trout spinning circles below. "No. I'm sorry. My Gran–"<br />
"She's poorly?"<br />
"She's gone."<br />
"Ah. My condolences."<br />
"Thank you. What I meant...A broken leg isn't like TB. It'll mend."<br />
"Apples and oranges," he snapped, and sculled hard, still seeking a vent for the uselessness that threatened to overwhelm him.<br />
"It's not. I've–I've seen things, as part of charity work I've done. Down in Griffintown."<br />
"You've thrown yourself into the slums?" He looked her over, considering. She seemed so <i>clean</i>, but perhaps she was one of those rare people that could see and hear despicable things, without letting them alter her core. A type he'd read about, but never met before.<br />
"What about artists?" he said abruptly.<br />
She tilted her head, not unlike one of the inquisitive birds in the aviary. "What's the connection?"<br />
"If you're willing to help the outcasts, the down and out, well, I'm assuming some of them are thieves, rascals, what have you. Yet you help them. You, what, feed them? Clothe them? Find shelter in the cold?"<br />
"No more than any person has a right to."<br />
"Exactly! The fact of their being criminals–you can see past that. What about artists? Can you hate an artist but love the art?"<br />"What would he have done for me to hate him?"<br />
Her questions goaded him to dig deeper. "Not hate, then," he conceded, shipping the oars. "Say he was a thief. Or had opinions you couldn't countenance. Yet his paintings..."<br />
"Has he stopped thieving in order to paint?"<br />
"Would that make it better?"<br />
"It might," she said slowly, as if goaded by him in turn, to articulate her ideas. "He might have repented or redeemed himself. Though, truly, it depends on whether I had first seen his paintings. If I admired his work and only later learned of his personal habits, rather than the other way around–but why do you ask? Do you have a particular artist in mind?"<br />
"Not exactly. I've met quite a few in the last year, and if there is any field in which the practitioners don't run true to type, it's painting."<br />
"I've never met any. I rather thought they were all, well, geniuses." She bent and lowered a hand over the side. "Tortured and genius, like Van Gogh, or a family man and genius, like Monet."<br />
"You give us too much credit," he said, laughing, and laughing again as she dipped a hand in the water then snatched it back with a shiver. "Most are neither here nor there," he added. "But you've only cited Europeans. We Canadians can hold our own."<br />
"You said this past year." She cradled her hand in her lap and the fleeting notion that he might take it in his, to pass on his warmth, tantalised the edges of his thought. "Is that what you studied at university?"<br />
"No. I'm in business." He lowered the oars and sculled them back to the dock, holding the boat close to the side as Alice looped the painter around the nearest bollard.<br />
"I've been sketching here and there," he went on, when she made no move to climb out. "Maybe a painting or two." He downplayed his output, but she wasn't to know that. "I managed to have one admitted to an exhibition at the Art Association of Montreal–"<br />
"Congratulations!"<br />
"Eh? Er, thank you." He paused, savouring the sudden zest of her unqualified commendation. No demands, no commiseration about everything it had cost him to get so far, simply a pure, friendly expression of praise.<br />
His first one ever, as far as he could recall. It tasted sweet, like a tiny bite of a new-baked dessert. He longed to find out how many more such bites he might coax from her–or be worthy of.<br />
"You were saying, at the exhibition," she prompted, then added, "I visited, by the way, if it's the Jackson and Hewton show you're referring to."<br />
"I am! What I was–Wait, what did you think of it?"<br />
"I think you were right in what you said just now; we Canadians can hold our own."<br />
"Most certainly," he said comfortably. "All right, what I was leading up to; artists don't seem to have a type. Good art or bad, they're all unlike. Some are cheats, some are liars, some are afraid of lacking talent, some study and study and never have anything more to show for it than a perfectly sketched hand." He waved aside all his colleagues and acquaintances, everyone he'd ever measured himself against. He'd wanted to know if she could strike gold in everyone and how, when so many seemed unworthy. Now, though, all he wanted was to share with her his most prized possession. "I didn't meet Hewton. But on the second night, not the vernissage but the night after, I met Alexander Jackson."<br />
"What type is he?"<br />
"Generous. His is 'a personality of strength and charm', I heard Krieghoff the gallery owner say and he's right. What you said about genius; I hadn't known genius could share the playing field. On the ice, if you're a cracker, the team rallies round and supports you, but you take each shot by yourself.<br />
"In painting, you're also by yourself, but there's no team, no reason to have anyone about you. Jackson, though, if there was such a thing as a group of artists, he'd be in the thick of it. He talked to me about Hewton, about Harris in Toronto, about the work of others that excited him. He never had an unkind word for anyone and never mentioned himself. Did I say artists didn't have a type? Well, I've never met one before that combined both those qualities, of kindness and selflessness. He spent more time telling me about some old barn out where he lives."<br />
He stopped and looked west across the water, as if he might overlay the woods before them with the paths he'd travelled in Jackson's paintings. "Over that way, a place called Sweetsburg. He drew me a quick sketch, a kind of map, but cartoon-ish, labelling his place, and inviting me down." He paused, and caught her eye for the crux of the matter. "And he talked about my art. Later, on the back of the sketch, I made a note of what he'd said."<br />
"About your paintings?"<br />
"Indirectly. He said, 'This country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas. Get off the car track. Chop your own path.'"<br />
He never blushed, but had also never before received unqualified support from someone far ahead on the trail. The thought that Jackson believed him worthy heated his cheeks and he turned aside without waiting for Alice's reaction. He planted his hands on the dock and hauled himself up and around to sit on the planks.<br />
Yet he could not keep from lingering on the wonder of it. "I have it here," he added, as Alice rose to her feet in the boat. "The sketch. I can show you."<br />
"I'd like that." She pushed herself up as he had, but didn't sit beside him, standing a few paces off. "Only, we started by talking of the denizens of Griffintown. What made you think of Jackson and his kindness?"<br />
Taken aback by her perceptivity, he blurted out the truth. "You."</blockquote><br />
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<div><div><img align="left" alt="O" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/O-9-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" /><p>h yes! It's moon time!</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2021/03/tolkien-keats-new-kait-nolan-and.html">Writers on the Moon</a> are sending stories to the moon! Tentative launch date, 8 January 2024!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is an <a href="https://www.astrobotic.com/guest-post-writers-on-the-moon-by-susan-kaye-quinn/">update on the project from author Susan Kaye Quinn</a>! And here are a few blog posts by <a href="https://susankayequinn.com/">Susan</a> describing all the behind-the-scenes efforts that went into making this happen:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">"The<a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ3NjgmZD13MHMwejBh.kEllmsYFbgWrtlNHCYq2b_or6XUD4k6NZTfsKbn_99E" target="_blank"> Official README file </a>that went on the payload to explain the project to our future anthropologist<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ3NzEmZD1qOWI4ZTZp.867A3Is1Ha3NyeBNRv044KxdxhY6fvCogmpIs5NzhyU" target="_blank">Making of the Mini Paper Book</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ3NzQmZD1iN3cwazB3.prMY_SROlPvT0LcYOMf5aG1Kx4oxCDhTXZQMoAJbh6A" target="_blank">Making of the MoonChip</a>, our hexagonal metal medallion<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">And finally <a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ3NzcmZD1lNWIyejZ2.mOTgz66rjyzz43bo6oJ0EYHAhufXW4TuVxaEVP-GpNo" target="_blank">Shipping to Astrobotic!</a> (and a bonus... we're on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobotic_Technology">Astrobotic's Wikipedia</a> page as an official payload!)"</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ek53MX9BMkZMSvGFHyAzBw4sKOVNb-2psRNTA_WYzp6iRPFkQfmvUs5pQhdbiAY6qcQ5ZZ7sC5PS4ckGJ0875mQrNd2x2zWsV67kup4mXuUn4J-Q3cMala1kXlqP_TOyo2wPDQSnGOk3/s643/Writers+on+the+Moon+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ek53MX9BMkZMSvGFHyAzBw4sKOVNb-2psRNTA_WYzp6iRPFkQfmvUs5pQhdbiAY6qcQ5ZZ7sC5PS4ckGJ0875mQrNd2x2zWsV67kup4mXuUn4J-Q3cMala1kXlqP_TOyo2wPDQSnGOk3/s320/Writers+on+the+Moon+3.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ4MDQmZD1qNWIxYTh4.ZNlADV9LFn-LbxlsI9bONkT-VFJt13L3NCGPaX-GYWg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><b>Subscribe to the newsletter!</b></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmj1MF_Gq2eGdL5g-w-NQ-JSOMw9BP0wMShGPM2ZseLUcThgRIt7uL4oOsELCVcS1yWqQLe8eWvrKs1JhKIgvUFA-_YmrwZidrUFpN031ySp_xU-W-tZ6Uc36u5D8ni9zvXzRCqFjh1Vs/s749/Writers+on+the+Moon+2+landing+spot+from+Sue+backyard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="749" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmj1MF_Gq2eGdL5g-w-NQ-JSOMw9BP0wMShGPM2ZseLUcThgRIt7uL4oOsELCVcS1yWqQLe8eWvrKs1JhKIgvUFA-_YmrwZidrUFpN031ySp_xU-W-tZ6Uc36u5D8ni9zvXzRCqFjh1Vs/s320/Writers+on+the+Moon+2+landing+spot+from+Sue+backyard.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>View of the spot from Susan's backyard!</b></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p>
Fellow participant <a href="https://chrysfey.com/writersonthemoon/">Chrys Fey has a great page describing the project</a>.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobotic_Technology">Writers on the Moon is also mentioned on Wikipedia</a>!</p><p>Come join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/401157097809015">Facebook group</a>!</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">"Where There's Life", my story on the payload, is now available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Where-Theres-Life-Deniz-Bevan-ebook/dp/B0CNZG23T6/">Amazon</a>!</span><br />
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You inherit a library card for the Library at Alexandria, and decide to try and visit.<br />
What might you learn there, about your past—and your hopes for the future?<br /><br />
A story inspired by Calliope (Sandman #17) by Neil Gaiman</blockquote><br /></div>
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And here's the trajectory of the journey!<br />
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<i>What new events are you excited for in the coming months?</i><br />Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-37599726530049954232023-12-20T06:07:00.078-05:002023-12-20T06:07:00.131-05:00 Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 17 and Art from Some of My Stories!<img align="left" alt="A" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/A-5-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />rt post!<br />
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First, an installment...<br />
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<p> <i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
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The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
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In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
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In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
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In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
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In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
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In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
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In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
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In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!), George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />
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(I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
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In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
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In chapter 15, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden...<br />
</p><p>In chapter 16, Alice left George and resumed her governess role, and decided not to join George and Albert that evening in the parlour...<br />
</p><p>We join them the next morning...</p><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>Alice woke in the half light of morning needing the chamber pot and felt for it under the bed, eyes half lidded, still snatching at a dream of Gran. Already the details were beyond recall, yet its memory left behind a pervading sweetness.<br /><br />Dawn had come and gone outside, though it was early yet. Early morning chill fogged the edges of her window. Far out on the lake an intrepid soul in a drifting rowboat was casting a line out into the water.<br /><br />George.<br /><br />There was no mistaking that stubborn outline, quite apart from the leg in its cast, propped on the gunwale at an angle that jarred the idyll of the misty morning lake.<br /><br />It was the work of a moment to shove the pot aside, exchange night rail for frock and slippers, and––remembering her woollen shawl against the chill––tread softly down the stairs.<br /><br />Turning the key in noiseless increments, she slipped through a crack of doorway and, once out of doors, flew like Citron the budgie down the lawn and through the tree belt.<br /><br />Once on the dock she trod softly, lest George catch her at unawares and discover how eager she'd been to join him. She halted at the end, slippers soaked in dew from her mad dash, and watched.<br /><br />It would not do to disturb the clear, unrippled surface of the lake, nor the surrounding firs that gazed solemnly at their reflections. The sun had not yet broken through the morning haze. All was glassy and rough-edged, like a creature startled in a den it had not meant to be found in. A lone loon called to the east.<br /><br />George floated in the midst of the scene, ramrod straight, though no one was about to take notice of his posture.<br /><br />Yet as his boat spun a lazy circle above an unseen current, she glimpsed his set jaw and the thin line of his mouth; he was in pain, and clenching his teeth against it.<br /><br />As the boat completed its turn, he saw her, and was apparently as reluctant as she'd been to disturb the raw morning, for he gave no sign or greeting.<br /><br />Or was it that he did not want company, least of all hers?<br /><br />She should have kept the peaceful sight of him from her window to herself, and not come down to uncover or disturb his tryst with pain.<br />She turned to go, then heard a low call from across the water. Like and yet not like Citron's jolly tune. One glance over her shoulder was enough to confirm it: George had his hands cupped about his mouth. He sent the call to her again across the glassy lake.<br /><br />When and how had he learned to imitate Citron without Alice's becoming aware of it?<br /><br />She raised her own hands and sent a reply, but he was already sculling towards her, and she went to meet him at the end of the dock.<br />She couldn't ask him to move his leg, yet its angle impeded her from simply hopping into the boat. She couldn't ask him to shift it, for fear of causing him more hurt, yet it would be worse should he capsize.<br /><br />"You'll have to crawl over the leg," he grunted, and she realised she'd been standing dithering for too long, and drawn attention to his awkward posture after all. "It's gone stiff."<br /><br />Now there was a good morning for you! Perhaps he'd only invited her to join him as a mere courtesy, and never meant that she should accept.<br /><br />"You should have pulled up to the other side of the dock," was her own impolite rejoinder. She bent to grab hold of the boat.<br />"I'd forgotten that you're the doyenne of the lake. Not all of us are privy to its secrets."<br /><br />"It was merely an observation," she snapped. "Not an order."<br /><br />She was certainly making a hash of things, unable to keep the waspishness from her voice. She needs must remember that he was in pain, and that a certain allowance ought to be made for his tones of voice. She needn't match belligerence with rudeness.<br /><br />Damn all this slowness, however. She hiked up her skirts to her knees and took one hop off the dock, over gunwale and leg, landing nimbly in the prow, with only a slight rocking of the boat. Ripples of water fanned out around them, creating minute waves against the shore.<br /><br />At a snort from George, she glanced up from arranging her skirts to find his eyes narrowed with silent laughter.<br /><br />"That was perfect," he gasped, and another snort of laughter escaped him. He drew a deeper breath. "I am glad you did not refuse my invitation."<br /><br />He pulled himself together and took up the oars, nudging off with a push along the dockside.<br /><br />"Invitation?" she asked. Between her flight down to the lake and her recent gymnastics––not to mention George's intense gaze––she'd warmed considerably. She let her shawl slip from her shoulders.<br /><br />He did not reply but eyed her speculatively, then looked away, muttering, "You might throw that over the leg, if you've no need for it. It's colder out here than I'd expected."<br /><br />She'd studiously avoided glancing at his sockless foot, embarrassed to find even his long toes attractive. If he wouldn't take care of himself, she was pleased to be able to do so this once. Though she did not, as he'd suggested <i>throw</i> the shawl, but tucked it about the lower half of the cast, making sure his cold-blue foot was well-wrapped.<br /><br />George let go the oars, and they drifted towards the centre of the lake, spinning in lazy circles in the same current that had held him before. The sun peeked over the cloud haze and glinted in dew drops in the grasslands on the far shore.<br /><br />"I meant it as an invitation, actually." His voice had grown unexpectedly soft. "Even before the bird call. I had a feeling that something––someone––on the lake––on your lake––would disturb your sleep."<br /><br />Alice kept her eyes on the distant trees. This was far more embarrassing even than his naked limbs. How was it that she could think of clever rejoinders to his rudeness but grew tongue-tied now he'd turned polite––and kind?</blockquote><br /><p></p><p>Art, art, art!</p><p>A sample of some of the art I've commissioned or been gifted for some of my stories!<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hbHcTNtL61KvNfNDxiI9ZrmYn0seQWiIxez8SxocDHGn6NDaGSP5fawkKIOwvlkbk5DpK0BXaAz0ZIrRZwGnwy6oThe-WmSW3FHzXEMVb6WeHgor2yAuWYXAznfiNJcSwmXxZMJbBMheSDomzIqTIA3RzsFMh6-07yT8vDkPCAT0w6CCLP0BN2MgjwLu/s2000/art%20by%20mahnaah.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hbHcTNtL61KvNfNDxiI9ZrmYn0seQWiIxez8SxocDHGn6NDaGSP5fawkKIOwvlkbk5DpK0BXaAz0ZIrRZwGnwy6oThe-WmSW3FHzXEMVb6WeHgor2yAuWYXAznfiNJcSwmXxZMJbBMheSDomzIqTIA3RzsFMh6-07yT8vDkPCAT0w6CCLP0BN2MgjwLu/s320/art%20by%20mahnaah.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Art by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0a2ibLugqE/">mahnah</a>, story by me: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/51134728">...still round the corner we may meet</a><br /><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dHPIgOhvrCElTh0IULEQOt_b6DGEKysM9IYqmsl7Q6SAz1FGdLiMbu9xjfscBTMhBmIKF3QCN0rlVgphRo-EyImtM-ABZ6zGStqhMft2E7X-pcFHMuiSaRymRaWbevpe4OyZ1L0ehEHMpPEthkRac171qPutu4iA09WbLsktblevXorsVw3k6VzsiM5C/s2048/art%20by%20gayjeris.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dHPIgOhvrCElTh0IULEQOt_b6DGEKysM9IYqmsl7Q6SAz1FGdLiMbu9xjfscBTMhBmIKF3QCN0rlVgphRo-EyImtM-ABZ6zGStqhMft2E7X-pcFHMuiSaRymRaWbevpe4OyZ1L0ehEHMpPEthkRac171qPutu4iA09WbLsktblevXorsVw3k6VzsiM5C/s320/art%20by%20gayjeris.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Art by <a href="https://twitter.com/gayjeris?lang=en">jay</a>, story by me: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/46141291">Goldenheart</a><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_kW_GCBXvCs9HS-zn8oGYJDSPc3fFAGM-yUhvjwymfT_1HgI2SRdUviCU3DuDPGAzXUNhMstB4aDY-bH8kTnlvdkekzrK_0PRG83JwzFik0n9D-s0cb5VbWQU9PfgfPH72ismwkbH4gax5qQiPxJWUD0nuIMq89Hj0YCohoNU3Kly_RX7_AG9hsvBhnz/s1634/art%20by%20jenn.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_kW_GCBXvCs9HS-zn8oGYJDSPc3fFAGM-yUhvjwymfT_1HgI2SRdUviCU3DuDPGAzXUNhMstB4aDY-bH8kTnlvdkekzrK_0PRG83JwzFik0n9D-s0cb5VbWQU9PfgfPH72ismwkbH4gax5qQiPxJWUD0nuIMq89Hj0YCohoNU3Kly_RX7_AG9hsvBhnz/s320/art%20by%20jenn.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Art by <a href="https://twitter.com/self_induljennt">jenn</a>, story by me: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/46642711">Communication Breakdown--> Friends</a><br /><br /></div>
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Art by wenskii, story by me: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/46197589">The Maiden's Tower</a><br /></div>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Do you have art for your stories</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>or stories for your art?</i><br /></p>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-7843192717860439942023-12-06T05:55:00.061-05:002023-12-06T05:55:00.155-05:00IWSG Day, Gordon Lightfoot, and Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 16<img align="left" alt="W" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/W-12-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />elcome to Insecure Writer's Support Group Day!<p> </p><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p align="center" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode", sans-serif" style="color: #0068a5;"><span style="font-size: medium;">CELEBRATING GORDON LIGHTFOOT</span></span></b><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif" style="color: #0068a5; font-size: 18pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Emd55BCakm6ZHLYty4k3pYE_TeMRammHeCAZ1UAFxoLLIBVIdJiK3nRmZ4qH9uUCFwg-JZOdpzmU9uJbl5cZp17ft3ivzAef0PkzJDMOSYx3SAqUE3dIeixd_SihrYSAnnMng0QAAMnWvV5PITJlrVvvVNBbRa5NV0qUqkscWb7DiNN7ICTmp_PDcOwY/s446/Gordon%20Lightfoot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="446" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Emd55BCakm6ZHLYty4k3pYE_TeMRammHeCAZ1UAFxoLLIBVIdJiK3nRmZ4qH9uUCFwg-JZOdpzmU9uJbl5cZp17ft3ivzAef0PkzJDMOSYx3SAqUE3dIeixd_SihrYSAnnMng0QAAMnWvV5PITJlrVvvVNBbRa5NV0qUqkscWb7DiNN7ICTmp_PDcOwY/s320/Gordon%20Lightfoot.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;">This year marks
what would have been the 85th birthday of Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot.
"To honour his music and legacy, Massey Hall, in collaboration with the
Lightfoot Estate, proudly announces <i><b><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">Celebrating
Gordon Lightfoot </span></b></i>on <b><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">Thursday,
May 23, 2024, </span></b>at <b><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">Massey
Hall</span></b>. </span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;">The evening,
led by two extraordinary house bands, <b><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">Blue
Rodeo </span></b>and the members of Gordon Lightfoot's longtime band,<b><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"> The Lightfoot Band (Rick
Haynes, Barry Keane, Mike Heffernan and Carter Lancaster)</span></b>, will
feature performances by <b><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">Allison
Russell, Aysanabee, Burton Cummings, Caroline Wiles & Bob Doidge, Meredith
Moon, Sylvia Tyson, The Good Brothers, Tom Cochrane, William Prince</span></b>
with more to be announced.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;">Proceeds
from <b><i><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">Celebrating
Gordon Lightfoot</span></i></b><i><span face=""Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">, </span></i>as
requested by the Gordon Lightfoot Estate, will support Massey Hall, a
charitable not-for-profit, including the Revitalization of the Hall, its music
appreciation, education, community outreach and artist development initiatives."</span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Today is Insecure Writer's Support Group Day!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYxh4f2Zy3Wzq3PteDZXkqWE1qwDXX2rvOFEJnobH84iqwHuYZZnc4_86ktM6ele0MCbtpzfTA6XZOZw4PEdQgErp6OUoDNpo_EfExBtBR3FP1kF669pZF5fbE4BYVnhQeJnkoZ3khgYurXpMUwpmcdGjthm_9VfDkNqA061Uy8D423DZTR0ETZ3OpFsd/s320/A%20IWSG%20badge%20ALREADY%20SAVED%20ON%20USB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="320" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYxh4f2Zy3Wzq3PteDZXkqWE1qwDXX2rvOFEJnobH84iqwHuYZZnc4_86ktM6ele0MCbtpzfTA6XZOZw4PEdQgErp6OUoDNpo_EfExBtBR3FP1kF669pZF5fbE4BYVnhQeJnkoZ3khgYurXpMUwpmcdGjthm_9VfDkNqA061Uy8D423DZTR0ETZ3OpFsd/s1600/A%20IWSG%20badge%20ALREADY%20SAVED%20ON%20USB.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b> </b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Purpose:</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns
without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire
can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of
all kinds!<br />
<b>Posting:</b> The first Wednesday of every month is officially <b>Insecure
Writer’s Support Group</b> day. Post your thoughts on your own blog.
Talk about your doubts and the fears you have conquered. Discuss your
struggles and triumphs. Offer a word of encouragement for others who are
struggling. Visit others in the group and connect with your fellow writer - aim
for a dozen new people each time - and return comments. This group is all about
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The awesome co-hosts for the December 6 posting of the IWSG </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">are<br /><b><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3Dcd5e54210e%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C01%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7C583d7b8d940a4c20bf0408dbf0e8eedb%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638368655458394176%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8E4fDnFoeXMm%2BLztbk1leiJt6ZHfcTgNHaSqfaqrwTc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">C. Lee McKenzie,</span></a> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3D8895ee3cb0%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C01%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7C583d7b8d940a4c20bf0408dbf0e8eedb%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638368655458399939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=kgeToX7RPT2W%2FiYP4J5mPwP%2FEfeIgJnLAsF2lp3i7rY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">JQ Rose,</span></a> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3D70d2aab2e5%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C01%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7C583d7b8d940a4c20bf0408dbf0e8eedb%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638368655458406111%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=s7EPKTdKpjBTOTSB%2FEBSKjoTibSaWbM73ICwQ0fm8VU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">Jennifer Lane,</span></a> </b>and <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3Dfec367dc1d%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C01%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7C583d7b8d940a4c20bf0408dbf0e8eedb%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638368655458413745%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gw1pNoLMKqwmhRSEh8ct7OoYnjgw2kWMNcedipIGBgI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #007c89;">Jacqui Murray!</span></b></a><br />
<br />
Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post.
These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience
or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it
inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say. <br />
<br />
<i>Remember, the question is optional</i><br />
<b>December 6 question: Book reviews are for the readers. When you leave a book
reviews do you review for the Reader or the Author? Is it about what you liked
and enjoyed about your reading experience, or do you critique the author?</b></span></p>
<p> </p><p></p><p>I try to leave my reviews for readers! A quick summary of the highlights, and maybe calling out a scene or plot point that I found especially moving.</p><p>I don't really say anything negative, unless I'm writing a longer review on my blog with a critique.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCa2GhA3kzDLJT0-jZM0TniZhzIG8O0oGD6Wk4Wzy78wEn7RYQ3shoxcEGSoHqTmuU-ArB2t7CIhBQD4t_nOl0QtV0fFK2cPf_Yce1q6bHgrBoxR5h78qQiDas3iaf6LYf2vmTPxG82izbv8EvLub1PRyc4npB_9SsrxdqPxoZWoL457qQm4qsnZwoalm/s4026/IMG-2457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="4026" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCa2GhA3kzDLJT0-jZM0TniZhzIG8O0oGD6Wk4Wzy78wEn7RYQ3shoxcEGSoHqTmuU-ArB2t7CIhBQD4t_nOl0QtV0fFK2cPf_Yce1q6bHgrBoxR5h78qQiDas3iaf6LYf2vmTPxG82izbv8EvLub1PRyc4npB_9SsrxdqPxoZWoL457qQm4qsnZwoalm/s320/IMG-2457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Speaking of reviews, my own <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/11/insecure-writers-support-group-day.html">review for <i>Summer Fire</i> contest</a> is ongoing!</p><p> </p><p>And if you'd like to leave some comments on <i>Larksong</i>, here's the latest installment!</p><p></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
<br />
In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the
family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find
that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for
the summer.<br />
<br />
The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was
to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young
girls...<br />
<br />
In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg.
Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being
sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
<br />
In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding
with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was
arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
<br />
In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
<br />
In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
<br />
In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
<br />
In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
<br />
In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
<br />
In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
<br />
In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from
George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for
the night.<br />
<br />
In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
<br />
In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new
complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude
brother.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!),
George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />
<br />
(I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and
needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a
governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is
distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the
threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at
the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
<br />
In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard
an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother
Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are
you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
<br />
In chapter 15, we witnessed the fallout from the argument, then shared a moment between Alice and George in the garden...</blockquote><p></p><p><br />
</p><p></p><blockquote><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Throwing open doors with more force than she'd intended, Alice entered the parlour to surprised looks from Albert and the girls, where they were huddled over a low table, cards in hand.<br /><br />"You got burned by George," Albert said, and it wasn't even a question.<br /><br />She glanced at Eleanor as she took a nearby seat on the chesterfield, but the girl was busy arranging her hand.<br /><br />"I took Mr Cunnick some supper," Alice said guardedly, as though slow speech could damp down all her emotions at once, so she might answer as only a governess would.<br /><br />Albert did his one-shoulder shrug, and picked Eleanor's card from the discard pile, then changed his mind and drew one from the stack.<br /><br />"It's my turn!" Lucy cried.<br /><br />"Sorry, Luce. Here, it was only a three."<br /><br />"No, that's not the one you picked!" Lucy reached out and snatched up another card from Albert's hand.<br /><br />"Hey!"<br /><br />"Well, I don't want your lousy old three. This one's a king and I need it!"<br /><br />"You can't just grab from my hand, that's terribly rude, little sis."<br /><br />"Lying is rude, too," Eleanor interjected.<br /><br />Not another family row!<br /><br />"Perhaps you girls should be doing something more constructive," she ventured. "I have some needlework–"<br /><br />"A pox on needlework!" Eleanor said. "I've already finished one sampler since school let out."<br /><br />"If George hadn't hogged the papers," Albert broke in, "we'd be catching up on events in the world. We'll soon be in the middle of some excitement, that's certain!"<br /><br />"Will your parents return early?" Alice asked, trying to keep the focus on family rather than yet another analysis of ambassadorial exchanges. Then she realised the question might seem self-serving, as though she were slyly inquiring about the security of her position.<br /><br />Albert looked from her to his sisters and back. "They'll head for London, and decide there, I imagine," he said confidently. "Why, there might be a postcard on its way from Paris right now!" He drew another card from the pile and laid down two sets. "Your turn, Luce."<br /><br />"George wouldn't have had much fun if he'd gone on his Grand Tour, after all," Eleanor commented.<br /><br />"They'd have had to cut out Vienna, eh?"<br /><br />There was another piece of the George puzzle fitted into its place; he must be disappointed and frustrated at having missed his Grand Tour.<br /><br />She might have tried to find out which other cities he'd hoped to visit, but at that moment Lucy drew two cards and Eleanor opened her mouth, likely to call her on it, then pounced on Lucy's discarded one instead. "Gin!" She slapped all her cards down on the table.<br /><br />Albert congratulated her and marked the score. As Eleanor collected the cards, Alice caught Lucy stifling a huge yawn behind her palm, and declared it high time to head upstairs.<br /><br />If she came down afterward, would George have returned to the parlour or would he be still be out in the garden alone?</span></blockquote> <p></p><p></p><p>December is upon us!</p><p>I'm going to do my usual only-two-posts-in December thing, during which I'd usually post my year-end books read review and statistics. All of that got thrown out the window this year because <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/p/books-read-by-me-2023.html">my reading habits changed</a>. The kids' reading lists continue to grow (see the bottom of the blog) but I'm also behind on adding other books to their lists. I might try to do a proper round-up in January, when I do my annual writing and craft round-ups!</p><p><br />
</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>What sorts of things do you find interesting about year-end book lists?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Do you review books you've read?</i><br /></p>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-59265712032729868472023-11-29T05:23:00.021-05:002023-11-29T05:23:00.145-05:00My Story on the Moon! Writers on the Moon<div><div><img align="left" alt="O" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/O-9-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" /><p>h yes! It's moon time!</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2021/03/tolkien-keats-new-kait-nolan-and.html">Writers on the Moon</a> are sending stories to the moon! Tentative launch date, 24 December 2023!
</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBQs0UShPxOZz7rtHe6th9XQp0ywoQB4JiLpg8q3EGITFWkYwvsEmCTv0oz5UO1PPsj5mcxHx3yCFa42cVv8wPNMBKhdxWvPT5vD3oPRtQyvJEN2bgVLoKJkb46FqzKYTWhyphenhyphendsCjd2EVm/s643/Writers+on+the+Moon+1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBQs0UShPxOZz7rtHe6th9XQp0ywoQB4JiLpg8q3EGITFWkYwvsEmCTv0oz5UO1PPsj5mcxHx3yCFa42cVv8wPNMBKhdxWvPT5vD3oPRtQyvJEN2bgVLoKJkb46FqzKYTWhyphenhyphendsCjd2EVm/s320/Writers+on+the+Moon+1.png" width="320" /></a></div><o:p> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpOAF_4xi34XVgwF_1y92S8iQqigy_TBbIMwsfLx0JWdUZ2Dnk8lF2JV8O-zoUU21sFyq52amm70E_W5MGIRXS1FOfYxqC-E7OuqetTXQu7wvWm5FNPfgOOh1V4csM1r-TOEsWagrFmcA/s214/Writers+on+the+Moon+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="127" data-original-width="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpOAF_4xi34XVgwF_1y92S8iQqigy_TBbIMwsfLx0JWdUZ2Dnk8lF2JV8O-zoUU21sFyq52amm70E_W5MGIRXS1FOfYxqC-E7OuqetTXQu7wvWm5FNPfgOOh1V4csM1r-TOEsWagrFmcA/s0/Writers+on+the+Moon+2.png" /></a></div><br /><br /></o:p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><o:p>125 Writers on the Moon and 8 Official Stowaways!</o:p></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here are a few blog posts by author <a href="https://susankayequinn.com/">Susan Kaye Quinn</a> describing all the behind-the-scenes efforts that went into making this happen:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">"The<a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ3NjgmZD13MHMwejBh.kEllmsYFbgWrtlNHCYq2b_or6XUD4k6NZTfsKbn_99E" target="_blank"> Official README file </a>that went on the payload to explain the project to our future anthropologist<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ3NzEmZD1qOWI4ZTZp.867A3Is1Ha3NyeBNRv044KxdxhY6fvCogmpIs5NzhyU" target="_blank">Making of the Mini Paper Book</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ3NzQmZD1iN3cwazB3.prMY_SROlPvT0LcYOMf5aG1Kx4oxCDhTXZQMoAJbh6A" target="_blank">Making of the MoonChip</a>, our hexagonal metal medallion<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">And finally <a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ3NzcmZD1lNWIyejZ2.mOTgz66rjyzz43bo6oJ0EYHAhufXW4TuVxaEVP-GpNo" target="_blank">Shipping to Astrobotic!</a> (and a bonus... we're on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobotic_Technology">Astrobotic's Wikipedia</a> page as an official payload!)"</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ek53MX9BMkZMSvGFHyAzBw4sKOVNb-2psRNTA_WYzp6iRPFkQfmvUs5pQhdbiAY6qcQ5ZZ7sC5PS4ckGJ0875mQrNd2x2zWsV67kup4mXuUn4J-Q3cMala1kXlqP_TOyo2wPDQSnGOk3/s643/Writers+on+the+Moon+3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ek53MX9BMkZMSvGFHyAzBw4sKOVNb-2psRNTA_WYzp6iRPFkQfmvUs5pQhdbiAY6qcQ5ZZ7sC5PS4ckGJ0875mQrNd2x2zWsV67kup4mXuUn4J-Q3cMala1kXlqP_TOyo2wPDQSnGOk3/s320/Writers+on+the+Moon+3.png" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNjI3OTA4OTMxNzg5NTIyMTMwJmM9czdoMCZlPTE5MjgmYj01MzI0NDQ4MDQmZD1qNWIxYTh4.ZNlADV9LFn-LbxlsI9bONkT-VFJt13L3NCGPaX-GYWg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><b>Subscribe to the newsletter!</b></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmj1MF_Gq2eGdL5g-w-NQ-JSOMw9BP0wMShGPM2ZseLUcThgRIt7uL4oOsELCVcS1yWqQLe8eWvrKs1JhKIgvUFA-_YmrwZidrUFpN031ySp_xU-W-tZ6Uc36u5D8ni9zvXzRCqFjh1Vs/s749/Writers+on+the+Moon+2+landing+spot+from+Sue+backyard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="749" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmj1MF_Gq2eGdL5g-w-NQ-JSOMw9BP0wMShGPM2ZseLUcThgRIt7uL4oOsELCVcS1yWqQLe8eWvrKs1JhKIgvUFA-_YmrwZidrUFpN031ySp_xU-W-tZ6Uc36u5D8ni9zvXzRCqFjh1Vs/s320/Writers+on+the+Moon+2+landing+spot+from+Sue+backyard.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>View of the spot from Susan's backyard!</b></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p>
Fellow participant <a href="https://chrysfey.com/writersonthemoon/">Chrys Fey has a great page describing the project</a>.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobotic_Technology">Writers on the Moon is also mentioned on Wikipedia</a>!</p><p>Come join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/401157097809015">Facebook group</a>!</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">"Where There's Life", my story on the payload, is now available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Where-Theres-Life-Deniz-Bevan-ebook/dp/B0CNZG23T6/">Amazon</a>!</span><br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uFRn63kBNCgZidXUSXIG29sU9EUt_yX1fy3wckOZbuFeCAJ2TRNI0nHrR6wJSZWxS2wQ65YWxi8dWbsDp7zc4smEFMwthmBc99GMH8Y5_beRekSoL8v6mKCpKC2_BSFGrjv6vKNQRnRggHdbIL38O34xNkuWdMjQyyitVQaXQBsVTVfwIlf_xvqMa47Z/s2250/WHERE%20THERE%27S%20LIFE%20COVER.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uFRn63kBNCgZidXUSXIG29sU9EUt_yX1fy3wckOZbuFeCAJ2TRNI0nHrR6wJSZWxS2wQ65YWxi8dWbsDp7zc4smEFMwthmBc99GMH8Y5_beRekSoL8v6mKCpKC2_BSFGrjv6vKNQRnRggHdbIL38O34xNkuWdMjQyyitVQaXQBsVTVfwIlf_xvqMa47Z/s320/WHERE%20THERE%27S%20LIFE%20COVER.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote>
You inherit a library card for the Library at Alexandria, and decide to try and visit.<br />
What might you learn there, about your past—and your hopes for the future?<br /><br />
A story inspired by Calliope (Sandman #17) by Neil Gaiman</blockquote><br /></div>
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I completed NaNoWriMo!<br />
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I didn't quite complete the project I meant to (oops!) but I wrote <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/Deniz_B/pseuds/Deniz_B">a slew of short stories</a>!</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Did you take part in NaNo?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
Don't forget to check out the other <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/p/writers-on-moon.html">stories headed to the moon</a>!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
(I can't believe I'm speaking of the moon in this way, it's so surreal!)</i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-62316135253046513772023-11-22T07:56:00.001-05:002023-11-22T07:56:14.784-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 15 and Baking Class 2 with Samba Schutte!<div><img align="left" alt="C" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/C-8-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />hapter 15!<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
<br />
In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
<br />
The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
<br />
In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
<br />
In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
<br />
In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
<br />
In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
<br />
In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
<br />
In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
<br />
In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
<br />
In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
<br />
In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
<br />
In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
<br />
In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
<br />
In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!), George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />
<br />
(I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is not a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock and fell off into the water.)<br />
<br />
In chapter 14, on returning from the lake, Alice and the girls overheard an argument that ended with this outburst from George to his brother Albert: "I don't need your tales of self-pity. The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"<br />
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In chapter 15, we witness the fallout from the argument, then have a moment between Alice and George in the garden...<br />
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<br />
<blockquote>Lucy clapped her hands over her mouth, eyes wide.<br />
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Alice made to drag her by main force up the path and around to the kitchen door but Albert's reply froze her as neatly as George's cursing had his sister.<br />
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"In a matter of weeks, none of this will seem important," he said in a voice of deadly calm. "If England goes to war, I'll be one of the first to sign up. I'll be covered in medals and glory while you're still stretching your legs on the track. James is a coward, he won't go. Who'll be the credit to the Cunnick name then?"<br />
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He shoved George in the shoulder and barrelled down the stairs, passing them on the path without so much as a glance. Only now did Alice register that he wore a polo shirt and bathing trunks, and had a towel draped across his shoulders. His legs and arms were pale in contrast to his sun-reddened face.<br />
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"Albert, you won't really go, will you?" Eleanor called after he'd gone by.<br />
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Albert halted and turned. He looked them over one by one and shrugged, tugging at the ends of his towel. As casual as if he were returning from a victorious tennis match, rather than racing off after a hurtful row with his brother.<br />
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"Sure I will, sis. It won't be for long. Won't you be proud of a brother who's decorated with medals?"<br />
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"Not if they have to pin them on while you're laid out in your coffin."<br />
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"Eleanor!"<br />
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"Don't you remember Uncle Walter?" Eleanor went on, not heeding Alice's admonition, nor her hand on her arm. "Don't you remember all the praise they heaped on him, and him too cold and stiff to know or care?"
Albert's eyes narrowed, but he shrugged again, slipping the towel off, then throwing it jauntily over one shoulder. "Sure I do. But this'll be different. Don't you worry your little head, Eleanor. Want to go for a swim, Luce?"<br />
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"No! I want to jump off the dock again!"<br />
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Albert chuckled. "Sure, we'll both dive off, right into the middle of the lake."<br />
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"It'll be cold." Lucy, all trace of her lisp gone, sidled away from Alice and over to her brother.<br />
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"It will. But you're as brave as I am, aren't you?"<br />
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"I am!"<br />
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They moved off without a backward glance.<br />
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"You may join them, if you like," Alice said quietly, holding out her hand in an offer to take the deckchairs off Eleanor.<br />
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"No, thank you." Eleanor hitched the chairs higher in her arms and tramped up the path. "I think I'll write to Mother and Father."<br />
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"No one likes a tell-tale," George said from his seat on the porch steps.<br />
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Eleanor had to step over his outstretched leg to get past him and into the house. The sight of her bare leg lifting over his cast suddenly recalled Alice to the fact that she was still in her bathing costume and bare-legged herself. Inelegance that was excusable in his sister would certainly not do for her, so she turned aside and made to go around the aviary to the kitchen door.<br />
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Eleanor's blistering response rang from behind. "I'm not going to tattle, Mr Know It All," she told George, in echo of Albert. "If I were, the first thing I'd mention wouldn't be Albert's frightening plans or the fact that he's evidently been expelled from Queen's but won't admit it. I'd tell them that you sit around mooning and following our governess with your eyes. So there!"<br />
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***<br />
Alice considered asking to be excused from supper and taking a tray up to her room, but doing so would mean facing George and the others in any case.<br />
<br />
She stayed, helping Elsie serve up the shepherd's pie before taking her place at the table beside Eleanor. Albert and Lucy returned at that moment, clattering up the porch steps, chatting nineteen to the dozen. Lucy's lisp was gone, and her bonnet was back on her head. Albert must've swum for it.<br />
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Alice helped her change out of her wet costume and dry her hair. They returned downstairs and slipped into their seats. Albert and Eleanor gabbled merrily, as though nothing more alarming had happened than a stray dog barking up at the wire mesh of the aviary.<br />
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Bewildered by the family moods, Alice concentrated on her meal. If Albert found it odd that she'd sat with the family, he didn't say anything. Nor did anyone explain or even refer to the fact that George seemed to have disappeared.<br />
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***<br />
Snap! The wind caught the newspaper. George held it with both hands, but it curled at the ends, and he couldn't read the most important paragraph.<br />
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<i>What</i> had France decided?<br />
<br />
Albert's ideas were all wrong, but what if–– Mother and Father were in Switzerland; if they'd left for France or England, they'd have sent a telegram. To this place? No, to James, and by the time the news caught up with them in this backwater––<br />
<br />
Snap!<br />
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Drat the wind. This garden wasn't half as well designed as he'd thought. Maybe the man who'd planned it never read the papers out here. Perfect spot to bring a girl, an arm about her shoulders to keep the breeze from her heated skin. Golden-pale skin, like Alice––the governess.<br />
<br />
That wasn't quite the insult Albert had meant it to be. There were worse fates, after all, than serving as a governess.<br />
<br />
It wasn't as though anyone hadn't wed a girl and brought her into society before. Take cousin Charles and that farm girl he'd eloped with just last month. Mother'd been all too pleased to leave and "get away from this sordid gossip".<br />
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But he remembered Europe being just as bad, on his first trip three years ago.<br />
<br />
That'd been before Charles even met his girl. 1911. Charles'd racked up gambling debts, which his father had consented to pay off, quietly, if Charles agreed to disappear for a few months.<br />
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Charles had categorically refused, and George had been tooled off to accompany him, meeting up with some distant relatives on a walking tour in Switzerland. Far up on the side of an Alpine height with an aunt and a couple of distant cousins their age, Ronald and Hillary, they'd still had to fend off intrusive questions and had struggled to keep Charles from picking up Jass, the local fad in cards.<br />
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They'd missed the season back at home, too. He remembered various postcards from friends, hinting at scandalous hijinks at various soirees, dropping names; the Lloyds, the McKerrows, the Ludlows. Some of the same names had been in Paris, their last stop on the way home. That was Europe, all the expats congregating at the same watering holes, gossiping about each other behind everyone's backs.<br />
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Perhaps it was different now; he ought to be there to see for himself!<br />
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Not a word from Banks or Guigsy, fickle friends. Not even a note to wish him a speedy recovery. And where were the girls?<br />
<br />
Captain of the hockey team, ringed by beauties, and now look at him.<br />
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Fighting the wind in a forsaken garden for snatches of two-day-old news. <i>There, have at it</i>. <i>Blow all the papers around, see if I care</i>.<br />
<br />
Someone would collect them, Elsie or––<br />
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"What? Oh it's you." He shaded his eyes against the setting sun and looked up at Alice from under his palm. How had she appeared so silently, without his noticing?<br />
<br />
"Are you all right?" she asked, tray in hand, holding what looked like tea and a generous helping of shepherd's pie.<br />
<br />
"Why wouldn't I be?"<br />
<br />
"You missed supper."<br />
<br />
"The sun's still out. Wasn't it too early for supper? What're we, farm folk?"<br />
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Alice didn't dignify that with a response.<br />
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Damnation, she looked good, all thin lines and softly waving hems. How come the breeze was so gentle with <i>her</i>?<br />
<br />
She seemed to already know the tricks of this garden; just where to set the tray she'd brought so no cool air disturbed the surface of the tea.<br />
<br />
"Don't do that!" he snapped as she began to gather up the blown papers from the bushes and the lawn. "I'll get them."<br />
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"It's no trouble." She set the stack on the bench beside him, tucked under a rock.<br />
<br />
"I can get around perfectly well, I'm not a bloody invalid."<br />
<br />
What was it about her sweet nature that riled him? As if he were daring her to turn as sour or insipid as other women he'd known.<br />
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She was such a contrast to the adoring girls that used to hang off his arm, laughing at every word from the captain. Hockey, hell, they didn't care what he played so long as he was popular on campus and off.<br />
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Alice didn't even know how he'd broken his leg, but she thought to bring him supper on a tray. And he couldn't even thank her properly.<br />
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"You didn't have to do this," he got out. "I'll be along in a minute."<br />
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"It's no trouble," she said again, and met his gaze.<br />
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If he didn't know better, he'd say her look was an understanding one, but that was ridiculous. What could she know of the heights from which he'd sunk?<br /></blockquote>
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<br />Last week, I took another <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/05/ofmd-part-5-baking-with-samba-austin.html">baking class with Samba Schutte</a>!<br />
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This time, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzzXTgnSTVK/?hl=en">we made cupcakes</a>!<br /><br /></b></span></span></div>
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My chocolate ones overflowed the first time, so I made them again a couple of days later. The frosting is the tastiest frosting I've ever had!</b></span></span><br /></div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What's your favourite cupcake flavour?</i><br /></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-24217262785677457152023-11-15T03:15:00.137-05:002023-11-15T03:15:00.160-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 14 and Rhys Darby in Manchester<div><img align="left" alt="N" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/N-4-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />ight out!<br />
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In Manchester!<br />
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But first, a new snip from <i>Larksong</i>!<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
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The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
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In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
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In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
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In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
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In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
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In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
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In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
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In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!, George was busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice.<br />
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In chapter 14 we witness an argument... I've skipped a scene where Alice takes the girls down to the lake and needs to pretend with a neighbour, Mrs Chase, that she is <i>not</i> a governess, but simply helping out with the girls. Then, while Alice is distracted, trying to spin her web of half-truths and discussing the threat of war on the horizon, Lucy gets up on a rickety boat tied up at the dock...<br />
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<blockquote>Lucy looked up for a split second, then leaped, arms akimbo. She got one foot on the side, then fell back, flailing towards the dock as she went into the water.<br />
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Alice arrived in time to haul her out, and the girl collapsed across her lap, spitting water onto her sister's legs. Eleanor flinched at the chill but didn't move. "Is she all right?"<br />
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"Lucy!" Alice said sharply. "Can you speak?"<br />
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"Yeth." She spoke with a lisp, quietly, and did not open her eyes.<br />
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"Where does it hurt, Lucy?"<br />
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"Everywhere," came the pitiful reply.<br />
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"Can you get up or can't you?" Eleanor barked.<br />
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Alice might have chided her, but at her sister's hard tone, Lucy opened her eyes and began to struggle up to sitting.<br />
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Alice looked her over. No jerkiness to her movements, no heaviness in her eyelids. She allowed herself a small sigh, then began to cast about for other details. The girl's sunbonnet had disappeared and, as she helped her to her feet, Alice spotted it floating placidly on the surface of the lake, far from the dock, silver ribbon shining brightly in the sun. Someone would have to dive for it later.<br />
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Eleanor trailed after them as Alice walked Lucy back to shore, an arm about her shoulders, to where Mrs Chase waited, hands on her hips. Her boys crowded round her skirts, peering with interest at Lucy.<br />
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Alice noticed the moment the girl became aware of her audience, for she stiffened and raised her nose in the air, as if disdaining everyone's concern.<br />
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"She's all right then," Mrs Chase confirmed as they drew level with her.<br />
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"Yes. We'll head back to the house now. Eleanor, will you bring our chairs and hand me the basket, please?"<br />
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Mrs Chase looked like she wanted to say more, but Alice nudged Lucy aside and around the huddled starers, sweeping up their blanket as she went.<br />
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Eleanor soon caught up with them. "Who's the old busybody?" she asked, none too quietly, as she passed over the basket.<br />
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"Hush." Alice tucked the blanket in on top, then resumed walking. "She's a neighbour of yours now, so it behooves you to be polite." She decided not to pursue the matter, nor to begin inquiring what had attracted them to the abandoned boat in the first place. "Why are you lisping?" she asked instead. Lucy squirmed under her arm.<br />
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"I know," Eleanor crowed. "You bit your tongue, you silly goose!"<br />
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"I haven'th!"<br />
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"Ha! There you are!"<br />
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"I haven'th!" Lucy insisted.<br />
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The shrillness of her tone denoted impending tears. "That's enough, girls," Alice said mildly.<br />
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She'd meant to scold them both, but at that moment caught sight of George, and something about his rigid stance deflected her thoughts.<br />
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For a wonder, both girls grew quiet, and she soon heard why.<br />
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They couldn't see him, but Albert's shout rang down the path. "I don't see why my so-called shortcomings should have any bearing on your life!"<br />
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"You can't bury your head in the sand much longer, Al. You've got to realise the effect your actions have–and how they reflect on the Cunnick name."<br />
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Alice slowed her walk to a drag. She had no wish to interrupt the brothers; no matter the flare of curiosity at what Albert had done. Likely it wasn't something his impressionable sisters should hear about, anyway.<br />
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"The Cunnick name," Albert spat out. "That's all I ever hear, the Cunnick name. My professors, all they ever did was refer to James, and whatever rumours they'd heard of you from McGill, and what a bloody credit you both were to the Cunnick name."<br />
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"What's wrong with that?"<br />
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"I'm <i>not</i> James. Or you. I'm not like either of you!"<br />
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"More's the pity." George banged the foot of his crutch on the flags of the porch.<br />
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She took a few halting steps forward, the girls shuffling along with her. They could see both boys now, Albert framed in the doorway.<br />
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"We'd best go round to the kitchen door," she said under her breath as they neared the bend in the path.<br />
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"I want to hear," Eleanor said fiercely. "Mam always says that and she's right, whatever Albert's done reflects on us all."<br />
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"I hardly think," Alice began, but it was too late.<br />
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Albert stormed out of the shadows of the house and stood nose to nose with George on the porch. "It's all very well for <i>you</i>, Mr Hockey Hero," he hissed. "Mr Scholarship, Mr All Around Overachiever. You went to McGill. You got to stay at home."<br />
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"I don't need your tales of self-pity," George broke in, drawing back as if Albert's words had come close to piercing. "The question is, what are you going to do about it, now that you've f***ed it all up?"</blockquote><br />
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And now... My whirlwind trip!<br />
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I flew out on Wednesday and, what with one thing and another (plane, train, taxi during rush hour), made it to the venue with no time for dinner and barely 30 minutes to spare!<br />
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Why was I in Manchester, you ask?<br />
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Why, to catch the last night of the Rhys Darby <i>25yearsUK</i> tour!<br />
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It was my first time at the historic Albert Hall, and I had fun looking at the long list of famous bands that have played there.<br />
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Photography wasn't permitted during the show, but photographer Andy Hollingworth took some brilliant shots! Including of opening act Steve Wrigley!<br />
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Afterwards, a bunch of us waited by the stage door, and Rhys and Steve came out to say hello! I nearly forgot that I'd brought some Swiss chocolate, but I did get a chance to give them to him! There are some <a href="https://twitter.com/DenizBevan">great videos of the moment</a> taken by fellow fans.<br />
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After they'd gone back into the venue, we all went our separate ways. One of the fellow fans I was with was in touch with Steve, and he let her know that he and Rhys were at Alberts Schloss, the bar attached to the venue. Off we went, a small group of six, and got to sit around chatting with Rhys and Steve and another of their friends late into the night.<br />
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If I sound calm about it, I'm not! It was a surreal experience. We talked about the show, the tour, expat life, all sorts of stuff. None of us was checking our phones, or we would have discovered that the strike was over, and we could have asked Rhys about his film and TV work! I'd have loved to chat about X-Files, let alone Our Flag Means Death.<br />
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One of the nicest things he said was how much he loves the Our Flag Means Death fandom because we're all so loving of each other.<br />
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Then it was nearly 3 a.m. and time to head home. I got about four hours of sleep and spent the next day travelling back to Geneva (tram and plane and train and bus, oh my!). I've shared photos, but only on <a href="https://twitter.com/DenizBevan">social media</a>, since I didn't take them!<br />
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It was all worth it!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Have you seen a comedy show recently?</i><br /><i>
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Who's your favourite comedian?</i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-4065353169985502322023-11-08T04:58:00.020-05:002023-11-08T04:58:00.136-05:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 13 and Druid's Moon Publication Anniversary<div><img align="left" alt="A" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/A-12-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />nd now for the latest installment!<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
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The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
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In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
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In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
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In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
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In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
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In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br />
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In chapter 13 (which I mistakenly also labelled as 12!), a new complication arose, in the form of the arrival of George's rather rude brother.<br />
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In chapter 13 (hopefully I won't make any further numbering errors!, George is busy with inappropriate (as he thinks) thoughts of Alice...<br />
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<blockquote>As soon as Alice had left them—George caught himself watching her shapely legs in their silk stockings ascend the staircase—did governesses usually wear such fine clothes?—and wrenched his head violently aside, readjusting his face into a scowl—his brother dropped most of his sneering tone.<br />
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The teasing look remained on Albert's face but the bold pose deflated. George knew Albert was eagerly waiting to be asked about his latest misdeeds, so he could keep up his braggadocio. As he'd always done, trying to prove himself to their parents before his older brothers.<br />
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Well, two could play the mysterious charmer game.<br />
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"It's not a switch," he said with a knowing wink, as if the stick was a prop for some game Albert had not yet heard of.<br />
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Then he turned and loped as smoothly as he could on the blasted crutches, down the steps and back up the garden path.<br />
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It was only after a vigorous and most satisfying ten minutes of scratching his leg inside the cast that he settled back on the bench, and realised he'd forgotten to bring out the newspapers, his sole reason for leaving the seclusion of the garden and returning to the house in the first place.<br />
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Did he stay and stare into the distance, or try to read the papers inside, while fending off more his brother's ridiculous—yet barbed—witticisms?<br />
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He hadn't asked Alice what her afternoon plans were with the girls. And why should he?<br />
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He stopped that thought in its tracks. He had no claim on her or her time, and it wasn't his duty to protect her from Albert either.<br />
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If he felt he must return to the house, it was only because the breeze off the lake had grown cold.<br />
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He snorted in reaction to the flimsiness of his self-justification and settled the crutches under his arms, making sure not to leave the "switch" behind.<br />
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He could lie to himself all he wanted. Thoughts of protecting Alice led invariably to the fact that she'd gifted him that switch, having derived his need. He might try to keep his mind off it, but his body was already intrigued by the idea of a game Albert had not heard of, which he and Alice might invent together.</blockquote><br />
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A belated celebration of <i>Druid's Moon</i> release day!<br />
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It's fun to go back and visit <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2022/09/druids-moon-release-day-and-barcelona.html">my blog tour</a>, so many blogging lovely hosts!</div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Druid's Moon</i> by Deniz Bevan<br />
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Beauty to his Beast...<br />
Lyne Vanlith, an archaeologist who seeks a logical explanation to any mystery, discovers an ancient Druidic curse on her first dig.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When the signs foretold by the curse descend on her, Lyne can’t find a reasonable interpretation.<br />
And that’s even before a Beast rescues her from a monstrous sea-creature.<br />She drops a grateful kiss on the snout of the Beast, who transforms into a man, Frederick Cunnick, Baron of Lansladron.<br />Lyne is meant to be Beauty to his Beast—and break the curse forever.<br />
Now both spellkeeper and monster are targeting Lyne. She must take up her legendary role, to defeat the curse and save Frederick—and herself.<br />Instead of logic, for the first time, Lyne must trust her heart.<br /><br />
Available here!<br /><div class="paragraph"><span>● Dancing Lemur Press</span>: <span style="color: #4caac9;"><u>https://www.dancinglemurpressllc.com/fantasyparanormalmystery</u></span><span> <br /></span></div><div class="paragraph"><span>● </span>Amazon UK: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09HRDWJZ8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4caac9;"><u>https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09HRDWJZ8</u></span></a><br /><span>● </span>Amazon US: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HRDWJZ8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4caac9;"><u>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HRDWJZ8</u></span></a><br /><span>● Goodreads: </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59360035-druid-s-moon" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4caac9;"><u>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59360035...</u></span></a><br /><span>● Apple: </span><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/druids-moon/id1588920227" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4caac9;"><u>https://books.apple.com/us/book/druids-moon/id1588920227</u></span></a><br /><span>● Kobo: </span><a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/druid-s-moon" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4caac9;"><u>https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/druid-s-moon</u></span></a><br /><span>● Barnes & Noble: </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/druids-moon-deniz-bevan/1140290645;jsessionid=427860F74A0787D92ED584DFA4E113F2.prodny_store02-atgap11?ean=2940165040276" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4caac9;"><u>https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/druid...</u></span></a><span style="color: #4caac9;"><u> <br /></u></span></div></div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Have you read an intriguing paranormal recently?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Share your recommendations in the comments!</i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-68652758680842840122023-11-01T06:27:00.058-04:002023-11-01T06:27:00.135-04:00Insecure Writer's Support Group Day, NaNoWriMo, and My Book Contest!<img align="left" alt="Y" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/Y-9-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" /><p>ikes, it's already November!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">T<b>he awesome co-hosts for the November 1 posting </b>of the IWSG
are <b><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3D1ad417ac1c%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C01%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7C92b07b00360041748cfe08dbd556216e%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638338338126280442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CiC7FTBl5HqzWAB7RE3Gs7SrGCT6asl6gONmtqAv4Jg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">PJ Colando,</span></a> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3D34513eee30%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C01%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7C92b07b00360041748cfe08dbd556216e%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638338338126280442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=eYOO32owKZ089Lj8wBPUwDEqIdMqt5jv3LGFVM6Z7XQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">Jean Davis,</span></a> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3D2e50100af8%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C01%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7C92b07b00360041748cfe08dbd556216e%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638338338126280442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CjmGBjNGEpnxCq%2F7va4ivWyTMlwXcupGNLYYNbCsFFs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">Lisa Buie
Collard,</span></a></b> and <b><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsecurewriterssupportgroup.us12.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Db058c62fa7ffb4280355e8854%26id%3Df6c3dd3e35%26e%3D1d48f5298f&data=05%7C01%7Cdeniz.barki%40unctad.org%7C92b07b00360041748cfe08dbd556216e%7C0f9e35db544f4f60bdcc5ea416e6dc70%7C0%7C0%7C638338338126280442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rD71j76%2BLIYbquZzV67LxhuvxeeVuYuoO7dMV685EEk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">Diedre Knight!</span></a></b><br />
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Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say. <br />
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<i>Remember, the question is optional!</i><br />
<b>November 1 question: November is National Novel Writing Month.<br />Have you ever participated? If not, why not?</b></span></p><p>
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Short answer: I have!</p><p><br />
Long answer: I've been <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/p/nanowrimo-badges.html">participating in NaNoWriMo every year since 2010</a>, and have done a few CampNaNoWriMo sessions, too!</p><p>I've only <i>not </i>finished once, and last year I finished early for the first time (then have spent this past year writing 500,000+ words of other stories, which is a very new experience for me! Links are available on <a href="https://ko-fi.com/denizbevan">my ko-fi page</a> (yes, I'm set up to receive donations, but any and all amounts received will go back to supporting other creators!)).<br />
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<i>Larksong</i>, which I've been posting on the blog, was a NaNo story in 2013!<br /><br />
And <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2022/09/druids-moon-release-day-and-barcelona.html">Druid's Moon</a> was a CampNaNo story that year!<br />
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I think NaNo is a great way to get into the write every day habit and to feel excited about your story, especially if you're sharing and reading snips with other writers.<br />
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Meanwhile...
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</p><img align="left" alt="H" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/H-2-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" /><p style="text-align: left;">ello, it's contest time!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Summer Fire</i> is out in the wild</p><p style="text-align: center;">and the anniversary of publication month is coming up!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Summer Fire</i> by Deniz Bevan<br />
The Dirty Bits from Carina Press "give you what you want, when you want it. Designed to be read in an hour or two," these "microromances are guaranteed to pack a punch and deliver a happily-ever-after."</span></b></span><br /></div><div>
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<blockquote><div>"<i>'You know how it is with Canadians. We come alive in the summer.'</i><br />
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Ayse had resigned herself to an interesting—but in the end unromantic—trip visiting family in Istanbul. Great-aunts, touristy sites and endless meals…until she meets fellow doctor Hakan.<br /><br />
All tanned skin and defined muscle under his polo shirt, his kisses cut off her breath, making her dizzy. His every touch is a thrill.<br /><br />
Ayse wants all of Hakan at once. His sweet mouth, the heat of his body against hers, their heartbeats slowing together.<br /><br />
A holiday romance might give her some blazing memories come the lonely winter, but maybe, just maybe, the fire between them doesn’t have to be as fleeting as the summer.<br /></div><div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">For those times when size does matter. The Dirty Bits from Carina Press: quick and dirty, just the way we like it.<br />
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One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!"</span></div></blockquote><br />
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Here's a lovely shot of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb7XgGtFSan/?taken-by=barkisalvator">Heybeliada</a>, one of the Princes Islands, which features in part of the story. <br />
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I've also got a playlist for the story!<br />
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLawUsUAmxoIM1LH0xz73kB1NCQNxjhC6R" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Summer Fire playlist, featuring<br />
Whisky Trench Riders, Idlewild, Yaşar, Blue Rodeo, Sezen Aksu, Mes Aieux, Duman, and the Divine Comedy!<br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Book links:<br />
<a href="https://www.carinapress.com/shop/books/9781488089299_summer-fire.html">Carina Press</a><br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Summer-Fire-Deniz-Bevan-ebook/dp/B076B5NWXV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512375195&sr=8-1&keywords=deniz+bevan">Amazon.ca</a><br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Fire-Deniz-Bevan-ebook/dp/B076B5NWXV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512376254&sr=8-1&keywords=deniz+bevan%5C">Amazon.com</a><br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.de/Summer-Fire-Deniz-Bevan-ebook/dp/B076B5NWXV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512376269&sr=8-1&keywords=deniz+bevan">Amazon.de</a><br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Fire-Deniz-Bevan-ebook/dp/B076B5NWXV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512376307&sr=8-1&keywords=deniz+bevan">Amazon.co.uk</a><br />
<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/summer-fire-deniz-bevan/1130011894;jsessionid=33C178A741913B318CF6511D9D45EB7E.prodny_store02-atgap12?ean=9781488089299">Barnes & Noble</a><br />
<a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/summer-fire-4">Kobo</a><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36672857-summer-fire">Goodreads</a></span><br /></div><div>
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<i>The contest remains open!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Are you participating in NaNoWriMo? Add me as a buddy!<br /></i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-654056541447023602023-10-25T01:52:00.103-04:002023-10-25T01:52:00.151-04:00 Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 12, Knitting, and Autumn Photos<img align="left" alt="W" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/W-12-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />elcome to the latest installment!<br /><br />
<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br /><br />
In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br /><br />
The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br /><br />
In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br /><br />
In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br /><br />
In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br /><br />
In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br /><br />
In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br /><br />
In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br /><br />
In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br /><br />
In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br /><br />
In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br /><br />
In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br /><br />
In chapter 12, we saw that this realization did not lead to greater friendliness.<br /><br />
In chapter 13, a new complication arises, in the form of George's rather rude brother...<br /><br />
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<blockquote>How he switched tack at the slightest barb! His recovery would take twice as long if he didn't learn to control his temper and stop his blood boiling.<br /><br />
Alice passed his request to Elsie––much more politely than George had phrased it––and went upstairs for her sewing basket. If he meant to take his tea on the porch, she'd head down to the garden and her bench, the one she'd had placed after her own accident, when being immobile had made her feel oddly isolated and she'd wished to keep an eye on the lake and grounds while temporarily unable to enjoy them.<br /><br />
She slipped into the girls' room, where both were now snoring gently, and quietly rummaged among their discarded stockings, pulling out the one she'd noticed yesterday, Lucy's, with the hole in the knee.<br /><br />
A stick propped against the wall caught her eye. Long, thin and sanded smooth: the scratching stick! It was George who owed her a prize and she smiled knowingly to herself at the thought that he would soon be further in her debt, for she'd found the perfect gift for him.<br /><br />
She snatched it up and returned downstairs, stopped short by the sight of a man in the doorway.<br /><br />
He stood silhouetted by the wavering sunlight behind him, which flowed through the birches lining the path to the lake and glistered off the distant water. The light softened his skin, calling to mind the thin-faced heroes in the paintings of Rossetti.<br /><br />
The next instant she'd reached the bottom step and was on a level with him, so that the sunlight no longer enveloped his form. It was regular daylight, and she could make out his features now. Wide blue eyes, a forelock that hadn't stayed put despite the amount of glistening pomade in his iron-black hair, and a long, straight nose.<br /><br />
A Cunnick nose.<br /><br />
"You must be the governess," he said, setting down a small case. "I trust that switch hasn't already needed to be brought down on either of my sisters?"<br /><br />
"Switch?" She realised she was holding the scratching stick, and had forgotten her sewing basket upstairs. She must look a schoolmarm indeed, down to her stern black gown. "No, this was for–– Isn't Mr Cunnick out on the porch?"<br /><br />
"If you mean my brother, I didn't see him. I'm Albert." He advanced a step, hand outstretched.<br /><br />
"Alice. Er, Miss Underwood."<br /><br />
He clasped her hand, his touch soft and warm. What was it about the Cunnicks that flustered her so?<br /><br />
"Geor–– Mr Cunnick did not mention you'd be arriving so soon," she said, as he slowly released her fingers. Albert was the youngest brother, she recalled, a couple of years behind George. But he already had that all-important air of a Montreal Cunnick. Kings of the mountain.<br /><br />
Alice's family was a match for them, of course, but she must remember her place as the governess. "There are two free rooms to choose from upstairs. I can have Elsie make up yours while I put together a late lunch."<br /><br />
"Thanks. I'll take my bags up. But I ate on the train, so don't bother about feeding me." He stepped aside and began to poke his head into the various rooms, still talking over his shoulder. "George wouldn't have mentioned my coming because he didn't know. It's only that I–– Well, I've left school and, with our parents gone––they're in Europe for the summer, as I expect you know––and the house closed up for the next few months... Anyway, I board at Kingston, it's Queen's that I've been–– As I say, I've left."<br /><br />
He pulled his head out of George's room and peeked into the cupboard under the stairs.<br /><br />
He was telling the whole truth about as much as Alice was the real governess, but it wasn't her place––neither as McKerrow nor as Underwood––to pry. "As you wish," she replied nimbly. "I'll find your brother and let him know you're here."<br /><br />
"Thanks," he said again, sweeping up his case. "Er, which room did you say––"<br /><br />
"The front room on the west side, if you prefer it. The other looks out on the woods, not the lake."<br /><br />
"That'll suit me, the lake view, I mean. I can see this household is in capable hands." He gave her a twinkling grin, then loped up the stairs two at a time. Not that she was watching.<br /><br />
"Has he gone up?" George asked quietly from behind.<br /><br />
She jumped, and whirled about to face him.<br /><br />
"Hey, don't point that switch at me."<br /><br />
"How did you come up the steps without us hearing you?" she countered, but lowered the stick, fervently wishing she'd stayed upstairs to mend and sew.<br /><br />
"Oho! 'Us' is it? Charmer Albert strikes again. The odious little–– Anyhow, I didn't come up the steps." He sucked in a breath past his teeth. "I was in the aviary."<br /><br />
"Anyhow," she echoed. "It's not a switch. If you must know, it was a gift for you."<br /><br />
"A gift? What sort of––"<br /><br />
She proffered the stick. The dubious tilt of his head made her laugh, reminding her of the birds. "For scratching."<br /><br />
His face cleared. "How did you know?" He grasped the stick and held it by his thigh, as if burning with the need to dig inside his cast and relieve the itching at once, but uncertain whether he ought to begin before her.<br /><br />
No doubt he might have––she knew the prospect of having relief so close was difficult to resist––but before she could explain or he could excuse himself, Albert's voice carried down the landing.<br /><br />
"There's the esteemed older brother I call Hop-Along Cassidy!" He bounded down the steps and jumped down the final three, landing with a slide across the flagstones and a flourishing wave of the arms, the toe of one patent leather shoe knocking against George's crutch.<br /><br />
George tilted but kept his balance.<br /><br />
"Others might call him George," Albert continued. "And you, Mademoiselle Governess, might refer to him as Mr Cunnick when you remember to be polite, but he'll always be Hop-Along to me. At least as long as that plaster of Paris continues to hug that wasted limb." He smirked and whipped a pencil out of a pocket. "Shall I sign it?"<br /><br />
"What are you doing here so early, Albert?" George asked wearily, speaking as though his brother hadn't uttered a word.<br /><br />
"Tsk!" Albert kept his dancing eyes on Alice. "See how he greets his baby brother? You could learn from your sisters, Cassidy."<br /><br />
"Oh, they're awake?" she interrupted. "I'll go up straight away."<br /><br />
"I woke 'em! Wouldn't do to have ol' fun-loving Albie around, and no one alert to appreciate it. 'Sides, it's past three. Surely you don't keep 'em napping till suppertime, mademoiselle?"<br /><br />
He was all over grins, but Alice could not read his tone. Did he truly mean to criticise a situation into which he'd only just entered?<br /><br />
"Albert, they've only been up there for an hour," George said, before she could think of a reasonable reply. "You know summer nights are long at the cottage. Lucy'll be tired."<br /><br />
"Hark! The nursemaid speaks! Guess you mean <i>you</i> get knackered early, older brother, now that you're no good, on the ice or off. Or d'you mean to spare the governess?"<br /><br />
"That's enough! Apologise to Miss Underwood."<br /><br />
"For what?"<br /><br />
Albert looked truly baffled, gazing at her, palms up. She certainly didn't want to come between the brothers by having George think he needed to save her dignity or some other such chivalrous nonsense.<br /><br />
"If you'll excuse me," she murmured. The sounds of raised voices had been coming from upstairs and she used it as reason to hightail it out from between the boys. "I'd better see to the girls," she added, as though they'd exchanged nothing more than vague pleasantries about Albert's journey.<br /><br />
"Why are you holding the switch?" Albert's voice followed her as she escaped upstairs. She could not hear George's reply.<br /><br /></blockquote>
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And choosing an ice cream...<br /><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7BtQKQZcNXZgSuY7q_yAcyLcwcS_dqgkb3erjhzBfPOKXlAlA0fEVlhE44ABzLgKk5as74g0NsWHQXZovu6Nl1clvpfH-ZrIiaoY0oBSONSNysfJ9Kg5J650RZcYyEm_QYnW77hPzAQfKV5lkn6N9Qg0uSLICd3De1a9anJxtYJYK58HbBRAX69qXCme/s2992/lunch.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7BtQKQZcNXZgSuY7q_yAcyLcwcS_dqgkb3erjhzBfPOKXlAlA0fEVlhE44ABzLgKk5as74g0NsWHQXZovu6Nl1clvpfH-ZrIiaoY0oBSONSNysfJ9Kg5J650RZcYyEm_QYnW77hPzAQfKV5lkn6N9Qg0uSLICd3De1a9anJxtYJYK58HbBRAX69qXCme/s320/lunch.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Lunch!<br /><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissHxxbNvmw0swzjG3Z7yfATdqJ9-Ie6Oay6A57w6cc3ym2zYF9bOIT3Ohs1ROLc_OY0N3lb1jW35z7bVMAMuv_BKzCiFmjJ0oCfINjrTOCA6Yv6TGdtYCWOAoRZxbtkI0yuqtzbhcCY9vemk-2ThaE4dhTtXFQDEfzqm-CDqqNa3nYF_4lwU3UUGSok04/s2992/pina%20coladas.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissHxxbNvmw0swzjG3Z7yfATdqJ9-Ie6Oay6A57w6cc3ym2zYF9bOIT3Ohs1ROLc_OY0N3lb1jW35z7bVMAMuv_BKzCiFmjJ0oCfINjrTOCA6Yv6TGdtYCWOAoRZxbtkI0yuqtzbhcCY9vemk-2ThaE4dhTtXFQDEfzqm-CDqqNa3nYF_4lwU3UUGSok04/s320/pina%20coladas.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXYp8IPRalKJRRulUIdzb4r6oPBdTd9Bj_nWKNdd7Z0YElPoIlf-07LBRn3hCzghMteiVmSNWIP20Ng_kcQrlgyC0eHT-KjXPhvTDFtueU8T1HMjjQ4y5GqFwtf8BRcYnXVoQ1HbQpGyz5vRYUxJPOD7j6cbUFI_P7DspDWXuZ0y33eaOT75jT_seufwu/s2992/soup%20%281%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXYp8IPRalKJRRulUIdzb4r6oPBdTd9Bj_nWKNdd7Z0YElPoIlf-07LBRn3hCzghMteiVmSNWIP20Ng_kcQrlgyC0eHT-KjXPhvTDFtueU8T1HMjjQ4y5GqFwtf8BRcYnXVoQ1HbQpGyz5vRYUxJPOD7j6cbUFI_P7DspDWXuZ0y33eaOT75jT_seufwu/s320/soup%20%281%29.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Piña colada cookies and a pi</b></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>ñ</b></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>a colada! And some pumpkin soup (not eaten on the same day)...<br /><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUp0La69UurSXJMHgC4_SZZ7y-pWsV4yOfwsLOeCdeO3yuvBgaH4cBR9u2m1-jSxMWDgJzMB1DsHLSj1bKkHiIx7BmwCyJEy9NboI4J0wv1d0am9GC0VjF6YPKtolYTi-MJ4qPys6F6XI-tLzkpyQ3WD5nTvZZLl87UpwgorlryorifCyYSeVRz9uH_Yzw/s2992/soup%20%282%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUp0La69UurSXJMHgC4_SZZ7y-pWsV4yOfwsLOeCdeO3yuvBgaH4cBR9u2m1-jSxMWDgJzMB1DsHLSj1bKkHiIx7BmwCyJEy9NboI4J0wv1d0am9GC0VjF6YPKtolYTi-MJ4qPys6F6XI-tLzkpyQ3WD5nTvZZLl87UpwgorlryorifCyYSeVRz9uH_Yzw/s320/soup%20%282%29.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><br /><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-23514817855967563862023-10-18T04:37:00.006-04:002023-10-18T04:37:40.003-04:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 12, Johnny Marr, and the Rath Museum<div><img align="left" alt="C" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/C-9-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />hapter 12!<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
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The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
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In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
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In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
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In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
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In chapter 11, we started the next morning in George's point of view, with his dawning realization of his attraction to Alice.<br />
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In chapter 12, we see that this realization does <i>not</i> lead to greater friendliness...<br />
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<blockquote>Alice had kept warning the girls they mustn't expect to splurge in such a willy-nilly fashion every time she took them down to the village, but she knew they did not take her seriously. Already on the return they'd been planning purchases for the next trip. How could they imagine she was in earnest when she'd racked up a bill at every shop? They'd gone from Beaudoin's dry goods all the way down Main Street to Deraiche's drugstore, where they'd shared a banana split and downed a sarsaparilla each.<br />
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It had been short work to locate the true governess' address with the aid of the post office's directory, while the girls were still slurping their sarsaparilla, and to send a telegram cancelling the job but promising a small renumeration. She'd cabled her parents as well, indicating that she'd determined it would be easier to handle transactions regarding the birds from the house, and cashed a cheque at the bank. George––or James––would presumably reimburse her at some point, for purchases made for what was now their rented house and kitchen.<br />
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Lucy and Eleanor seemed to think it delightful that their governess was somehow acquainted with every shopkeeper, and why wouldn't they? After all, it earned them a treat at nearly every establishment. Fortunately, the goodies distracted them from overhearing too much of the condolences Alice received and the appropriate words she murmured in reply. Courtesy, not to question her overmuch while she was grieving, kept the villagers from asking too many queries about the girls, and they returned home with no cracks in Alice's identity.<br />
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She was hard put to it to keep the girls from gobbling at once all the fudge and pickles and nuts they'd been gifted. She'd get no work out of them until they'd settled down a bit, so after a hasty luncheon, she ordered them upstairs for what she called quiet time, saving Eleanor's older-sister feelings by refraining from using the word <i>naptime</i> but hoping that Lucy, at least, would sleep for a little while.<br />
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She'd already made certain that the shelf in their room held age-appropriate books, removing, among others, <i>Fanny Hill</i>, to the parlour shelf. She went up to check on them after her own quick meal and was pleased to see Lucy drowsing with a volume of Beatrix Potter in hand, and Eleanor engrossed in Alice's childhood copy of <i>Heidi</i>.<br />
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That done, and the shopping put away, and dinner plans arranged with Elsie, she took a cup of tea out onto the porch, feeling rather virtuous.<br />
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She'd successfully carried out her duties as governess for a full afternoon, evening, and morning now. At this hour, with the high sun lending a haze and quietness to the afternoon, the prospect of filling that role for the rest of the summer did not daunt her. She grinned at her own cleverness in organising all of these details in less than a day, despite the sadness inherent in the thought that Granny's birds would soon be gone out of her family for good, and quite possibly the house as well, if she could not convince her parents of its value. Easing back against the cushions, she let her thoughts wander.<br />
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If her mind took the opportunity to suddenly unleash a cascade of images of George, well, perhaps she might be permitted to indulge for a few moments. Dwell on memories of his elegant fingers deftly shuffling the cards. Of his mouth, lips pursed, sipping at his drink. Of the warmth in his eyes now and again, as his gaze landed on her...<br />
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"Why the long face?" George's voice carried up the path as he made his way over from the garden.<br />
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"Excuse me?" Perhaps her expression had turned slightly moon-faced. Still, George seemed to grow ruder by the minute! There was only so much allowance she might make for his invalid state.<br />
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Only he did look dashing, with the top two buttons of his shirt undone, exposing his tanned neck, and with strong arms propelling him forward on his crutches at almost walking speed.<br />
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He wore the same trousers as the day before, fawn-coloured and well-fitted on his good leg. The other trouser leg had been split up to the thigh to accommodate his cast, with the two ends pinned just above his shoeless foot, keeping them from flapping.<br />
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Her own cast had been easier to manage, as it had reached only to her knee–and skirts were more accommodating of broken legs.<br />
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"And now you're grinning," he said, looking up at her from the bottom step. "First a crumpled face, then a grin. You remind me of Lucy after she's decided it's not worth throwing a tantrum over whatever it is she wants at the time."<br />
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She decided not to call attention to the fact that he seemed to be enamoured of closely watching her face. Instead, she retorted, "What of your own expression? If you don't stop gritting your teeth as you walk, your features will stick that way."<br />
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All humour vanished from his face then, and he scowled and turned aside. "That's an old wives' tale. Fetch Elsie for me, will you? I could do with a cup of tea."<br />
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"Yes, Mr. McKerrow," she said, putting on her demure governess voice, and went in.</blockquote><br />
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Last night, I attended this event online!<br />
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Johnny Marr talking about some of his favourite guitars, and playing snatches of classic, iconic songs. It was a treat!<br />
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A couple of weeks ago, I visited the Rath Museum in Geneva for the first time.<br />
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Ottoman paintings by Jean-Etienne Liotard<br /> these were in the catalogue; I didn't see them in person, unfortunately)</b></span><br /></div></div><div>
<br />A fun day out!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What's your favourite musical instrument?</i></div>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-7233006901430196202023-10-11T04:48:00.059-04:002023-10-11T04:48:00.137-04:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 11 and Mountie!<img align="left" alt="G" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/G-12-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />oals!<br />
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Larksong is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
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The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
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In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
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In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
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In chapter 10, we reached the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts before they went their separate ways for the night.<br />
(I've called the card game euchre, as a precursor to bridge, but if there's a better possibility, please let me know! The rules have been modified to suit the plot; we're pretending they're playing a local variation.)<br />
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In chapter 11, we start the next morning in George's point of view...<br />
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<blockquote>He was late to breakfast the next morning. The dining room was empty, with no one there to see his ungainly flop onto one of the cushionless chairs, or to hear the clatter as he shoved the crutches to one side and propped the leg in its cast on a second chair.<br /><br />
Elsie must've been listening out, though, because a few minutes later, she appeared with his breakfast on a tray. She set the tray before him, left and came back with a pot of tea, then informed him that the governess had taken his sisters down to the village.<br /><br />
He had no reply to that, so she returned to the kitchen. He heard her tramping back and forth through the back door, the creak of the well's wheel, the slosh of water on the flagstones.<br /><br />
Propped on a hard chair in a lonely room, toying with a slice of toast and a rapidly congealing soft-boiled egg, and listening to domestic sounds; his days had sunk to a new low. Not to mention that he was straining to hear one specific set of sounds: Alice's footsteps, returning. Since when had he hung on a girl's presence?<br /><br />
Shoving the greasy remains of breakfast to one side, he clambered to his foot and limped with one crutch to the aviary. His back ached from carrying all his weight.<br /><br />
The birds did not spare him a second glance once they'd determined he had no treats for them, but chattered amongst themselves. He recognised only a handful of species: the parrot, the pair of mourning doves, the mynah, the three budgies. A sparrow with a broken wing hopped about on the ground, trailing the wing alongside. That sight was all too familiar and, despite his straining muscles, he spun around hard on his good leg––the way he used to spin on his skates––and thumped down the hall.<br /><br />
He flopped heavily onto the daybed on the porch and was about to shove a cushion behind him to pacify his back, but just as quickly pushed himself to his feet again. There was no sense letting anyone see him act lazy or dejected. No matter how little will he had to perform the exercises Doctor Örstan had set––not even a short walk down to the garden––he certainly did not want the pity of any onlookers. He limped to the dining room, fetched the second crutch, and went out.<br /><br />
The garden path was paved, and the stones were level and clear of weeds, making his journey easier than he'd feared.<br /><br />
A bench had been set so as to command a view both of the woods behind the house and the lake at the bottom of the rise. Along the far shore, the green of summer shone on the tip of every branch, and the wildflowers on their tall stems waved their jaunty colours amidst the long grasses. The sense of looking out over a vast landscape was calming, giving the illusion that he might control all that he saw before him, even if it was only in the matter of how to paint it––if his desire to sketch or paint ever returned. Whoever had designed this garden had known what he was about.<br /><br />
He might wave a hand, and that monstrous two-storey brick homestead across the lake would disappear. In its place he'd set a low-slung stone building with many windows. A country club, where dances and other entertainments would be held all summer long. In winter, there would be a firelit room with deep sofas to rest on after a day of furious hockey battles on the lake.<br /><br />
He sketched in a balcony, his mind's eye conjuring girls in the wildflower colours of purple, pink, and yellow. He was debating whether they should hold fans or straw hats when he caught the sounds he'd had his ear out for all morning: laughter, girls' high-pitched voices, and the tramp of ladies' boots on the porch steps.<br /><br />
He leaned back on the bench, so that a convenient rose trellis, as though it had been planted there for just such a purpose, hid him from view. He already had his cast up on the bench; now he swung the other leg up beside it, and he was screened entirely.<br /><br />
He watched the governess––Alice––come and go, up and down the porch steps. His sisters ran around her, pretending to help but merely getting underfoot as Alice––the governess––and the maid went from house to hired cart and back, bringing in all the parcels. Alice paid the cart driver, then followed the others inside. The door shut.<br /><br />
From the aviary, the murmur of the birds suddenly rose to excited chirps. He pictured Alice as she'd been yesterday, straight as a goal post, with that elegant thin-limbed stance. Shoulders back, and both palms held tirelessly high in the air, as the birds swooped in and out, chittering at her, taking seeds from her hands.<br /><br />
A wild image came to him, of himself grabbing her about the waist from behind, birds and seeds scattering every which way as he buried a kiss deep in her neck.<br /><br />
"What in blazes?" he muttered, and turned away from the house. "Pull yourself together, man!" He tried to focus once more on the building opposite and the painting of his country club daydream.<br /><br />Yet the image of Alice in the aviary, flushed by his kisses, would not leave him.<br /></blockquote>
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A handful of photos from the summer, including Mountie!<br />
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Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-88739999029891759372023-10-04T07:51:00.057-04:002023-10-04T07:51:00.144-04:00IWSG Day, Final ROW80 Round, and Photos by Miss E!<img align="left" alt="I" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/I-12-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />t's Insecure Writer's Support Group Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TzsEJSJDOZH6sFUJ-1RhZ9WuLvJgnzIYXpcd6GJIm0QeKrpTe20Swz9CZBIdsgLWn5QcFy7k5lEa7DIJ3JUXMV0gnOb9MPnffTUyPi_AW4cCV9jKsX3zTtGh2jSzaltPAS0n4vDqsO_SAkYzzYs_gUVr60iuSjzvWvO55NaB-FnUUh3Pyh_HDcqt9NPp/s320/A%20IWSG%20badge%20ALREADY%20SAVED%20ON%20USB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="320" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TzsEJSJDOZH6sFUJ-1RhZ9WuLvJgnzIYXpcd6GJIm0QeKrpTe20Swz9CZBIdsgLWn5QcFy7k5lEa7DIJ3JUXMV0gnOb9MPnffTUyPi_AW4cCV9jKsX3zTtGh2jSzaltPAS0n4vDqsO_SAkYzzYs_gUVr60iuSjzvWvO55NaB-FnUUh3Pyh_HDcqt9NPp/s1600/A%20IWSG%20badge%20ALREADY%20SAVED%20ON%20USB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>And, wow, it's already October. Deep breath!<br /></p><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The first Wednesday of every month is officially <b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Insecure Writer’s Support Group</span></b>
day. Post your thoughts on your own blog. Talk about your doubts and
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the group and connect with your fellow writer - aim for a dozen new
people each time - and return comments. This group is all about
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Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG
post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal
experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG
post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to
say. <br />
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<b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">October 4 question:
The topic of AI writing has been heavily debated across the world.
According to various sources, generative AI will assist writers, not
replace them. What are your thoughts?</span></b> <br /></span></p>
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<p>My thoughts are still in flux. I think it's a good thing that the use of artificial intelligence tools is still being debated and considered. I'd be worried about it's use in schools before old-school essay writing and classic research techniques have been taught.<br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Time for another proper <a href="https://aroundofwordsin80days.wordpress.com/">ROW80</a> update!</p><p>My <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/09/iwsg-anniversary-publication.html">start-of-Round-3 goals</a> involved <i>Larksong</i>, <i>A Stitch in Time</i>, <i>A Stitch in Time</i> Outtake [<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/46390942/chapters/116800858">three scenes edited and posted</a>!] and <i>The Flight of Time</i>.</p><p>Later, I wrote: "Instead of working on those, I wrote a handful of new stories! Links are available on <a href="https://ko-fi.com/denizbevan">my ko-fi page</a> (yes, I'm set up to receive donations, but any and all amounts received will go back to supporting other creators!)."<br /></p><p>I've been posting <i>Larksong </i>here! We're up to <a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/09/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-10-and.html">chapter 10</a>!</p><p>Still haven't done much with the other two novels. I've got 14 stories to post in October! After that, I've got the final chapters to draft on a couple of stories, likely during NaNoWriMo.</p><p>Then December... We've been planning a vacation, so I might just take a reading holiday! Haven't done one of those in a couple of years, if I remember correctly.<br /></p><p> </p><p>And now... 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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
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The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
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In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In chapter 8, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
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In chapter 9, during their first evening together, they began to suss each other out over a card game.<br />
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In chapter 10, we reach the end of the evening, with harsh words from George, but a détente of sorts.<br />
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(I've called the card game euchre, as a precursor to bridge, but if there's a better possibility, please let me know! The rules have been modified to suit the plot; we're pretending they're playing a local variation.)<br />
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<blockquote>Two hands later, her partner was leading by ten points. It was easy enough to manage both hands and yet play fairly; the cards dictated a certain limit of choice and, though in some cases it was simple enough to determine what cards George or his invisible partner held, there was yet enough of a challenge that he was only two points behind North. She herself was four points behind that, and George's partner was trailing.<br />
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"Your family is from Montreal?" she asked as he dealt the third hand on behalf of his partner. George had refilled his tumbler from the flask, offering her some with a tilt of the head. She'd declined, all the while watching for signs that the drink was going to his head. That would make him easier to question.<br />
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"Toronto, originally, when we first emigrated," he told her. "My father moved us out to Montreal soon after the Boer War."<br />
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It struck her that George, while sporting the same tumble of dark hair that characterised all the brothers and cousins, looked nothing like Charles, having darker eyebrows, a more aquiline nose, and brighter eyes. They sparkled and glittered jewel-green in the lantern light as he gleefully racked up another round of points.<br />
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It was on the night of the ball that she'd sworn off marriage as a waste of a woman's faculties––struck by the ridiculousness of being put on display in her Ogilvy-bought gown, for every man to ogle and every woman to envy, with all looking on, except the one man she desired––and, from then on, had thrown herself into her studies and the time she devoted to useful charitable functions. That summer, she'd attended the bare minimum of parties and events required to please her mother, but no more, as Charles did not appear at any to make them worthwhile.<br />
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She'd soon grown out of her infatuation for him, but not any further from the resolution he'd driven her to. Now, though, if she could steer the conversation skillfully enough, she might find out the reason for the Cunnick family's rejection of her invitation, and appease that corner of her heart that still belonged to her bruised young self.<br />
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She dealt the next round, as George added, "Father hopes to hand over the business entirely to me as soon as I've proved myself, and go in for politics full time."<br />
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His chest rose and his shoulders squared as he spoke, and Alice couldn't help being impressed. Although, oddly, George appeared defiant rather than proud. He was very young still to share full rein of such a prominent industry. The Cunnicks had fingers in lots of pies, from breweries and sugar refineries, to railways and construction. Her own family's holdings were nothing to sneeze at either. But how would a governess reply?<br />
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"You must be excited at the prospect of so much responsibility. I suppose it won't leave much time for social calls." She sorted her and her partner's hands and waited for him to play his first trick.<br />
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"I wouldn't say that." He tossed a knave of clubs onto the sofa cushion between them. "It's my final exams that've kept me busy. And hockey. Or it had, until––" He scowled at his leg and slapped down a three of clubs on his partner's behalf.<br />
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She had her own card ready and covered his before he'd even moved his hand. Their fingers brushed. Sparks shot through her as if she'd cast a log on a low fire. Embers flared in every direction.<br />
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George cast her a quick glance. Refusing to blush, or at least to hide the faint flush of her cheeks behind her hand or cards, she played a card at random from her partner's hand, and immediately realised her mistake.<br />
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She lost that round spectacularly, as George swept out trump after trump. She'd barely blushed, but if she'd meant to hide how flustered she was by his touch, she could not have failed in a more obvious fashion.<br />
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He cast knowing glances her way as he shuffled and dealt the next hand, and she wanted to slap the smirk on his face. He thought she was a simple governess, bowled over by a chance to sit with the master, like characters in a straitlaced Victorian romance.<br />
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Perhaps he'd had an oh-so-important hockey tournament the night of her coming out––it wouldn't have mattered, as George would've been a boy of 16 at the time––but she was no nearer to learning the reason for Charles' absence.<br />
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Yet all desire to question him had seeped out of her. Role playing was thankless, frustrating work. She simply wanted to end the game and go up to bed.<br />
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She did her best to make further random plays, yet she or her partner won each of the next four hands. George stopped giving her sly looks, and the scowl he'd borne all afternoon reshadowed his face.<br />
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"You're rather adept at this game after all," he commented, after a long stretch of silence.<br />
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"I studied from a book once," she said, inventing wildly.<br />
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"Hmph. I suppose that's one way."<br />
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"You disapprove?" She tossed a king onto the pile and swept up another trick.<br />
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"Books can't teach one to read cards. They're merely useful for detailing the rules of a game."<br />
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"Some might offer hints at strategic plays." She swept another hand off the sofa, murmuring the score under her breath––her partner led by 20 now––and shuffled for the last hand.<br />
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"Methods of cheating, you mean." He forewent his now empty tumbler and slugged directly from the flask. His throat moved as he swallowed and for an instant she arrested her movements, admiring the graceful line of jaw and cheekbone. Then she caught herself, and dealt, so furiously that a card flew into his lap.<br />
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"Where have you really played before?" he asked, taking up the card. That smirk never left his face.<br />
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"What are you implying?"<br />
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"Oh, just an idle question," he said airily. He was slurring his syllables now. "You don't teach your charges to gamble, I hope. I won't––don't need my sisters learning––"<br />
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"I assure you I have no such inclinations. If you must know, I have played often with my siblings. I am not accustomed to having such accusations directed at me, Mr. Cunnick."<br />
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"Sure, sure, whatever you like. Thought you were going to call me George, eh?" He set down his cards and reached for the flask again, then turned it upside down and shook it. "Damn. Forget the record, eh? I'd like a single malt as my prize."<br />
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"Unless you'd like to play another round, it appears I shall be the claimant." She tossed her last trump between them. "I believe all the rest are mine."<br />
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"Brilliant. That's torn it." He shoved himself upright. "No drink, no music, and a girl that won't––" He snapped his mouth shut and turned away, hoisting his leg off the cassock and grabbing at his crutches.<br />
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"Won't what, Mr. Cunnick?" she asked in a low voice. "Who do you take me for?"<br />
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"Nothing. Forget it. I said forget it!" he cried, though she hadn't opened her mouth. He shoved the crutches under his arms, swung round and went through the door, but of course he hadn't taken a lantern.<br />
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His thump-step stopped in the middle of the dark hall. A small cheep came from the aviary. She'd pulled the curtains, but Granny's birds were ever alert to new noises. And curses.<br />
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What would Granny say if she could hear the accusations being flung at her granddaughter in her own house?<br />
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Should Alice swallow her pride and remain the meek governess? She had to, for the sake of the birds. She'd have to ensure they were placed in good hands. And she might at least ensure one final summer of peace for the house itself. Why, if it wasn't lost to a gambling debt soon, the very air of it would be befouled by George's manner.<br />
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Perhaps as governess she could at least try to influence George's sisters against his contrary ways.<br />
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Flinging off the afghan, she straightened her skirts, grabbed his flask and one of the lanterns and left the room. She swept past George, standing stock still in the middle of the floor, and opened the door to his bedroom.<br />
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Setting flask and lantern on the side table, she marched regally back to the parlour and tidied up the cards, gathered the tray and the other lantern, marched past him a third time and, leaving the tray in the kitchen, headed up the stairs.<br />
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George did not once move or say thank you.<br /></blockquote>
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A few photos from a trip to Lausanne Aquarium over the summer!<br />
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<i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What's your favourite fish or sea creature?</i></div></i>Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-44057581549954864532023-09-20T03:49:00.100-04:002023-09-20T03:49:00.141-04:00Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 9 and Character Faces!<img align="left" alt="C" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/C-7-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" /><p>hapter 9!<br />
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Thank you to everyone who's been reading along!<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In <b>chapter 1</b>, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
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The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In <b>chapter 2</b>, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In <b>chapter 3</b>, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In <b>chapter 4</b>, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In <b>chapter 5</b>, they had their first argument.<br />
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In <b>chapter 6</b>, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In <b>chapter 7</b>, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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In <b>chapter 8</b>, Alice had some feelings stirring...<br />
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Now, in <b>chapter 9</b>, during their first evening together, they begin to suss each other out over a card game...</p><p>(I've called it euchre, as a precursor to bridge, but if there's a better possibility, please let me know!)<br />
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</p><blockquote>Alice fetched the cards from the games drawer in the hall bureau and joined George in the parlour. He'd settled himself at one end of the sofa, leg propped on a cassock, but his tea was out of reach, still on the table where she'd left the tray. She made to bring it over, then saw the flask at his elbow, and paused in the doorway.<br /><br />
His profile was to her and he either hadn't heard her footsteps or deliberately did not look her way. The shadow of his beard had grown darker. Suddenly––irrationally––she wondered how his stubble might feel against her own cheek. His long fingers curled about the tumbler next to the flask, tapping rhythmically, school ring clinking against the glass. He was a McGill graduate then––her younger brothers likely knew him.<br /><br />
But that was family, not related to her Miss Underwood persona. <i>I must align my thoughts with those of a governess, if I'm to play this game</i>.<br /><br />
To act as a servant, that was her role, or the truth would out, embarrassing not only herself but, more deeply, shaming her family. She would lose all chance of a continued connection to Granny's home, and the birds would be left in the hands of those who did not care for them as she did––as Granny had.<br /><br />
She'd best alert him to her presence.<br /><br />
She rattled the doorknob before entering, and George acknowledged her entrance with a nod over his glass. She slid a deck of cards across to him, then perched on the opposite end of the sofa, hands clasped in her lap. He set the glass down before reaching for the deck, and she noticed then that he was seated at an angle, his weight mostly on his hale side, while the other hip hovered above the sofa.<br /><br />
She could have smacked herself for her blindness. How often she had ached from remaining in the same position! And how often Granny had plied her with cushions to keep her comfortable.<br /><br />
She jumped up and gathered two of the bigger cushions off the chesterfield beside the hearth, too late realising what she'd done when she met George's horrified gaze. How delayed her mental faculties were this evening, always one step behind. Certainly it would never do for a servant new to the family to presume to know the desires of the master of the house, or call attention to his discomfort, or––worse––the fact that he had <i>not</i> managed to hide it well enough.<br /><br />
He couldn't know, of course, that he'd hid it well enough for others, but that she'd read the signs easily due to her own predicament last year. Could she reveal that much without seeming presumputously familiar? They were about to play cards, after all, so a certain degree of familiarity had already been broached.<br /><br />
She stepped forward with the cushions, frowning at all the twisted thinking and frustrations involved in acting, and tossed them onto the cassock beside his cast. Then she turned her back on him and made a production out of rearranging the teacups and sugar bowl on the tray. Breaking a biscuit in half, she nibbled at the corners, though she felt no hunger. She could give him privacy, at any rate, to make up his mind as to whether he would accept the cushions.<br /><br />
A scrape of the cassock leg, a grunt, and a general shuffling told her he had done so. Or perhaps he'd denied himself something that would ease his pains.<br /><br />
She waited, glad to have changed from evening shoes to slippers, given how much of the day she'd spent on her feet. She stirred the milk into her tea as though each drop needed its own moment of deliberation. At last, when he'd begun to shuffle the cards, she took up her tea and resumed her seat on the sofa. So much for the first quarter hour. How many more times might she catch herself behaving inappropriately before the night was through?<br /><br />
"You do know the rules of euchre, do you not?" he asked. His voice was loud as it broke the long stillness. He glanced quickly at the cushions beneath his leg and thigh, then away.<br /><br />
Gratified that he'd accepted her help, she bit back an "of course" and replied, "Yes, I have played once or twice."<br /><br />
"What I propose is simple enough: essentially you play both your and your partner's hand. You'll have to sit across from me, though, or shift a bit."<br /><br />
Under his watchful eye she drew her knees up side-saddle to the sofa, but even ten minutes in this position would soon give her a cramp. Casting about, she caught sight of the afghan draped over the back of the sofa. Granny had always made sure that comforts were at hand for those who sat near the fire.<br /><br />
She draped the afghan over her lap and, hidden by its folds, settled her legs in a decidedly unladylike but much less cramp-inducing posture.<br /><br />
Did George realise he was staring at her?<br /><br />
As if he had already divined that she was inventing falsehoods about herself with every breath and was simply biding his time, waiting to trap her in one.<br /><br />
She reached over and cut the cards, and that seemed to wake him from his daze.<br /><br />
"Shall we play for a wager?" he asked as he began to deal, both to themselves and to each side, where their partners would have sat if they'd been at a table as a foursome.<br /><br />
At his words, she suddenly understood which family he belonged to. He was the middle Cunnick brother; and she ought to have remembered when she'd met James that afternoon, but she'd been more preoccupied then with ensuring they accepted her as who she said she was.<br /><br />
George and James might have belonged to any family and she would not have reacted differently. Now, though, she had placed them: the Cunnicks were one of the more prominent families in Montreal, but George's side had emigrated from England only a few years ago. There'd been some sort of scandal in Toronto involving a cousin, a rumour of inappropriate behaviour, dark deeds, and gambling. George's use of the word wager had triggered her memory.
Knowing exactly which side of which family he belonged to, she remembered something more: they had declined the invitation to her coming out party two years ago.<br /><br />
She began sorting her partner's cards. "What would you like to wager?" she asked, speaking low to keep her voice from snapping with excitement at the recognition.<br /><br />
It wasn't George––though she wondered what his excuse would be––or James, who'd already been too old and married off, but the rejection from their cousin Charles that had rankled. She'd nearly forgotten about that puppy love. She'd carried a torch for him for nearly six months, after their paths had crossed at the Dorchesters' New Year's Eve do. <br /><br />She'd woven many an idle fancy about how she and Charles might dance together and how he'd be so captivated by her charms, he'd not want to share her with anyone else, whether that night or at any subsequent party, especially her upcoming debutante ball.<br /><br />
How crushed she'd been when the Cunnicks' reply had come, how the shards of her broken dreams had stung. She flushed, recalling how she'd used those very words in her diary at the time. It was no longer the feeling she recalled but the memory of rationalizations she'd thought up to assuage the pain.<br /><br />
She would act on behalf of her younger, hurt self. She would act coolly, and take the chance to get her own back a little. Even if it was against the wrong cousin.<br /><br />
"We might wager on some sort of entertainment," she suggested, as George had not yet spoken. She laid down her partner's hand and glanced at him as she gathered up her own.<br />
"Good thought," he said. "Is there a phonograph in the house?"<br /><br />
He hadn't met her gaze, though he was absorbed not so much in the cards before him as in the room, his gaze taking in Granny's bookshelves and, on the mantelpiece, the assorted beach finds––outsize rocks, petrified wood––alongside the watercolour Alice had once attempted of a sunset.<br /><br />
"There is," she told him, relieved that he didn't seem to have the singleminded focus on his hand of his gambling cousin. It ought to be easy enough to beat him at this game. "A Columbia Records one."<br /><br />
"Then if I win, you shall buy me a new cylinder tomorrow. There must be a shop in the village that sells a few. And if you win––"<br /><br />
"I'll tell you what I'd like if I do," she said, and played her first card.<br /></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images of Alice and George, all saved on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.ch/denizb33/story-inspirations/">Story Inspirations</a> board!</span></b></span><br /><br /><i>Do you seek out images of your characters?</i><br /><i>
Who do they look like?</i></div>
Deniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-63460668582526181472023-09-13T03:08:00.019-04:002023-09-13T03:08:00.142-04:00 Story Snip from Larksong: Chapter 8 and Photos from Swiss Vapeur Parc<img align="left" alt="C" src="http://dailydropcap.com/images/C-8-cap.png" title="Daily Drop Cap by Jessica Hische" />hapter 8 of <i>Larksong</i>!<br />
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<i>Larksong</i> is set in Montreal, July 1914.<br />
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In chapter 1, Alice, after her grandmother's funeral, arrived at the family cottage to take care of her grandmother's aviary, only to find that her parents had already leased the cottage to another family for the summer.<br />
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The only way she could have one more summer in her favourite place was to surreptitiously take on the role of governess to the two young girls...<br />
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In chapter 2, we met George, laid up at the hospital with a broken leg. Instead of joining his friends on a Grand Tour of Europe, he's being sent off to recuperate at a rented cottage in the country...<br />
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In chapter 3, we returned to Alice's point of view, and saw her bonding with George's younger sisters. Then she got a surprise -- George was arriving at the cottage that very day!<br />
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In chapter 4, we had a hint that Alice finds George attractive and interesting -- but also unbearably rude.<br />
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In chapter 5, they had their first argument.<br />
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In chapter 6, they argued once more, but the stakes were higher: war is on the horizon.<br />
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In chapter 7, George attempted a rapprochement. The chapter ended with him asking, "Why don't we both go sit in the parlour?"<br />
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Now, at the start of chapter 8, Alice has some feelings stirring...<br />
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<blockquote><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Alice stopped herself in time from both refusing his offer and in the same breath asking why he cared to sit with her. Keeping up the pretense of a governess' role was made more difficult under George's questions, especially when her instinct was to reply in a straightforward manner.<br /><br />
And this was only the first day of his visit!<br /><br />
Perhaps she could alter the message she planned to send tomorrow to the real Miss Underwood, invent a reason for the mix-up and herself return to Montreal. She'd not have to maintain a summerlong charade. Only, if she did so, who would deal with Granny's aviary?<br /><br />
She poured her own cup and picked up the tray of biscuits. "As you wish. If you haven't a book, there are plenty on the shelves, or there's a jigsaw puzzle or two–"<br /><br />
"Is there a deck of cards?" he interrupted, eyes bright with a sudden eagerness. "We might play a hand of euchre."<br /><br />
"But we're only two. Unless you mean to tell me that Eleanor knows how to play?" She cocked an ear for any sounds from her charges, but rather than the telltale scurrying that might denote mischief, heard nothing. It seemed her first day as a governess had concluded well. It was only the advent of George that would cause difficulties in the days ahead.<br /><br />
Elsie had long since taken advantage of Alice's presence, disappearing as soon as might be after the suppertime washing up. If she was luxuriating in a hot bath, given the endless gurgling of the pipes, by now she'd likely wrinkled into a well-sunned prune. Alice did not begrudge her a moment's peace; the Cunnick family certainly were more than a handful.<br /><br />
She returned her focus to the kitchen, where George was saying, with a smile, "No, nor Lucy neither. But there's a variation that works with two players. I'll show you."<br /><br />
"I'm intrigued." <i>By your smile</i>. She shook her head to clear it of that errant thought as she might brush aside a fly. "Let me confirm that your sisters are in bed and asleep, then I'll join you in the parlour with the cards." She set both cups on the tray, hooked her sewing basket over an arm and bustled out before she could change her mind, pausing to set the tray in the parlour, then hurrying upstairs.<br /><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>If I leave now</i>, she thought, as she accompanied a drowsy Eleanor to the outhouse and back with a lantern–and ensured that the necessary rag dolls and stuffed rabbits were all on the beds–<i>I'll likely never see Granny's house again</i>.<br /><br />
George had mellowed, it seemed, as the night wore on–really, she must remember to refer to him as Mr Cunnick. Roleplaying might not be so difficult once she got used to the family, and having others in the house would certainly make the next few weeks less mournful.<br /><br />
Hearing the sisters' laughter had put her in mind of summers long since, when all her siblings and cousins had filled the place to bursting, rocketing up and down the stairs, clattering down the paving stones to jump off the dock into the cool lake. Before everyone else had turned to their urban pastimes and social calls, and ceased visiting the Townships.<br /><br />
She <i>had</i> been charged with the aviary, after all, and it would be awkward to present the birds to prospective buyers if she left and returned under her true identity, no matter what explanations she concocted. Like it or don't, she'd locked herself into the pretense.<br /><br />
It was evident, too, that George–Mr. Cunnick–needed assistance. She shouldn't leave without making sure he was provided for.<br /><br />
"I'll stay for a few more days, at least," she decided, as she bade Eleanor a final goodnight and returned downstairs with the lamp. George's smile had absolutely no bearing on her decision whatsoever.<br /></span>
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Last month, we visited <a href="https://swissvapeur.ch/en/discover-the-park/">Swiss Vapeur Parc</a>!<br /> <br />A family-friendly park featuring miniatures of important, historical buildings from across Switzerland, as well as miniature working steam trains!
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padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_jfFQTY4V8Uqd2ztQgH4xsemaNrRCK7D8T9Pl7y-tnKMeJFMTeCz35M2MFbBHCHnJPw0F6oD4rS4SH0a7QPPTUjfk85lBnVyne5mr5h4KurwRcUcECKW5XCtffj1DJVp29TwScOZclBzjRg7cstW2D3mi5y39nq5iuv2tmxNP5E927s4Q27sBR127pXv/s320/blog%20swiss%20vapeur%20parc%20%284%29.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Swiss Vapeur Parc is in the canton of Valais (engraved on my heart)<br /><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkWn--D-gc6AFolH94QcABRi0bEf5-7k-eAXLTWB-N_PCfv9TMX4nV82s-JL4K-tuvUi4kbr6_D1pkpEeMyOLg0zlbmhDo6sO5dkkU0Ai904jrYyPx6K0p-i__E6MyxhBgY8489PTRIChcExo_Hilm0wPkGAbOZU_m5idbfenO9uARElO2DMSmm84sJxs/s2992/blog%20swiss%20vapeur%20parc%20%285%29.jpg" style="display: block; 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</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">My <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2023/08/story-snip-from-larksong-chapter-7-and.html">contest for <i>Summer Fire</i></a> is still on!<br /><br />
Are you a fan of trains?</span></span></div>
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