l'amour, part 56

by gabrielle-jeanette perfidy

illustrated by rhoda penmarq

part fifty-six of seventy-eight

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"i am sorry to have disturbed you, sir. i do not know what i was thinking." jean-louis had fallen asleep with his eyes open in the silence that had fallen between himself and leonie. he had put his teacup down but almost knocked it over when she spoke. fortunately the cup was empty. there was a half-eaten blueberry scone on a plate beside the teacup. it took him a few seconds to remember where he was. part 57

l'amour, part 55

by gabrielle-jeanette perfidy

illustrated by rhoda penmarq

part fifty-five of seventy-eight

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before falling asleep, celeste thought: i stopped thinking about leonie again almost as soon i remembered that i had not thought about her… ah well, i can not think of everything and everybody all the time, can i?… part 56

l'amour, part 54

by gabrielle-jeanette perfidy

illustrated by rhoda penmarq

part fifty-four of seventy-eight

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getting into her bed at the hotel, celeste suddenly remembered leonie. i have not thought of her the whole time since we left the house, she mused. not even during the long boring train ride. how strange.

part 55

l'amour, part 53

by gabrielle-jeanette perfidy

illustrated by rhoda penmarq

part fifty-three of seventy-eight

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"quite a lovely evening, is it not?" albertine asked celeste, as they sat in front of the cafe with their glasses of wine. "yes, lovely", celeste answered absently.

part 54

l'amour, part 52

by gabrielle-jeanette perfidy

illustrated by rhoda penmarq

part fifty-two of seventy-eight

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happy to finally be checked into their hotel room, celeste flung herself down on one of the beds. "you slept most of the time on the train," albertine gently chided her. "are you going to fall asleep right away here?" "what else is there to do?" "there is a little cafe around the corner. their wine is not too bad."

part 53

l'amour, part 51

by gabrielle-jeanette perfidy

illustrated by rhoda penmarq

part fifty-one of seventy-eight

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part 52