Isolde by Irena Odoevtseva

Author:Irena Odoevtseva [Irina Odoevtseva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782274780
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

XI

THAT NIGHT, Liza couldn’t get to sleep for a long time. Before bed, she said long prayers for her mother and for Bunny. She lay down on her wide divan and pulled the cover all the way up to her chin. On the wallpaper right above her pillow was a red carnation that reminded her of her mother’s mouth. Liza lifted her head and pressed her mouth to the carnation with a passionate, loving tenderness.

“Mama, Mummy.”

And again, she felt grief stirring in her chest. Not pity, but a living, breathing grief. Liza pressed her hand to her chest.

“Stop beating so. It will be over soon. Mama will come back. And I’ll write to her. Yes, of course! Why didn’t I think of this before! I’ll write to her. I’ll tell her everything in my letter.”

She stretched out under the cover, laid her head back on the pillow and closed her eyes.

“I’ll write, I’ll write everything down.”

A calm descended over her, she was almost happy. It wasn’t over. Everything was going to be all right. Still smiling, Liza started composing the letter.

Dearest mummy, my darling mummy, you don’t realize it yet, but I am an adult now, I’m not a child any more. And I love you more than anything in the world. I will sacrifice my whole life for you.

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