Becoming Lisette: A Novel (The Queen's Painter an Historical Romance Book 1) by Rebecca Glenn

Author:Rebecca Glenn [Glenn, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zinerva Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-04-26T04:00:00+00:00

Lisette stood in front of the doors to the Louvre, waiting a few moments before going inside. It felt strange to enter the Louvre without her papa. The noises from the massive crowds behind her in the Cour Carrée disappeared as she thought about him. She remembered his words, You will be a painter, my child!

She knew it was time to go inside. Before Lisette could take two steps toward the door, she was nearly knocked over by several young men running into the building. Shouting and laughing, they swept past Lisette and swung open the large door in front of her. One of the young men whacked her with his satchel as he ran past. The force was so strong Lisette lost her grip on her own satchel and it dropped to the ground.

Lisette picked up her bag and took a moment to compose herself. Just as she was ready to go inside, another group of boys ran past her and into the building again. This time she was prepared and stepped aside to let them pass. They didn’t seem to notice her at all. This must be the door that the students use, she thought.

But then Lisette had another thought, What am I doing here with all of these boys? She stood watching the heavy door slowly close after the boys had gone inside.

Then a boy by himself, obviously a straggler, came up next to her.

“Are you going in? Could you open the door?” The boy was carrying a satchel like hers in one hand and in the other he held a folded easel. Lisette looked at him. She wasn’t sure he was talking to her. “Well? Aren’t you going inside? To Master Briard’s atelier?” the boy asked her.

She looked at him again, puzzled. How did he know? she wondered.

“Don’t look so confused. You are a girl and you are holding a satchel meant for carrying art supplies and you are standing in front of the entrance for students. You must be a pupil of Master Briard. He is the only one that teaches girls. Are you going to stand there or are you going to help me?”

Lisette opened the door for him.

“Thank you. Monsieur Briard’s atelier is in the southwest pavilion, down the fourth corridor on the left, after the Salon Carré,” the boy said and ran off.

Lisette went inside. She immediately turned south and west toward the correct pavilion. Then she walked down the hall looking for the fourth corridor the boy had mentioned. There were so many rooms and hallways that led away from the hall, it was difficult to keep track of how many she had already passed. Lisette stopped walking and looked right, left and then right again. As she looked to her right for the second time, she noticed a grand room just a few feet away. The Salon Carré, she thought.

She instantly recognized the room. Lisette had been there many times before with her papa. The last time she had stood in this room, she had met Amante.

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