A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries by Kaylie Jones

Author:Kaylie Jones [Jones, Kaylie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Literary, Mystery & Detective, General, Biographical, Coming of Age, Family Life, ebook, book
ISBN: 9781617752254
Google: loSAAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00HK480RE
Barnesnoble: B00HK480RE
Goodreads: 821984
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1990-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

After six more months of this very spiritual courtship, Mamadou proposed.

He went to my father first, in his funereal Sunday church suit. On a weekday morning, while Candida was out shopping, he climbed the musty back stairwell of our apartment building to the third floor, which was my father’s office.

My father wasn’t the least surprised. He was, in fact, extremely relieved and pleased. He called my mother on the intercom and told her the good news. Within a few minutes, she joined them.

They discussed the arrangements. My father told Mamadou that as a wedding present, he’d buy them the old concierge’s apartment on the ground floor which had heen empty for some time. He offered to hire Mamadou but said he probably wouldn’t be able to pay him as much as the French diplomat did. Mamadou said he’d already talked to his patron and that it was decided that he’d still be the diplomat’s chauffeur, but no longer his manservant. Instead, he would take on some duties in our house.

My mother put in her two cents. “You know, Mamadou, Candida is like a young girl—”

“I know, Madame.” He looked down at the floor.

“All right, that’s all I wanted to say,” said my mother. A salary was agreed upon for Mamadou and they all shook hands. My father sent him back downstairs with my mother to wait for Candida.

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