Madeleine Is Sleeping by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum

Author:Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum [Bynum, Sarah Shun-Lien]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Psychological, Triangles Interpersonal Relations, Psychological Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, France, Villages, Bildungsromans, General, Literary, Fantasy, Triangles (Interpersonal Relations), Sleep, Circus Performers, Romanies, Young Women, Fiction, Dreams
ISBN: 9780156032278
Google: HnB5GCIh0aIC
Amazon: 0156032279
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2004-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

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if he declined to open the door, if he refused to enter—would that be cowardly or brave? Trusting habit, he should think himself a coward. But when he stands outside the drawing-room door, his damp forehead resting against the frame, he discovers that what he fears most is not his own humiliation, which he has grown used to, but rather the fury that will be unleashed upon the girl. And to rescue her—that would be a brave thing. What a brave thing! For the girl, in her stubbornness, is met every night with glowering looks, and pinches, and the thump of the acrobats as they collapse accusingly onto the carpet. Sometimes Marguerite rises up from die window seat and strikes her. As for the widow, she never shows her displeasure, but the very restraint with which she leaves the room makes him afraid. He could save her from this, he thinks, by his absence. It would be as simple as leaving. As simple as airing out his travelling case, folding his evening clothes in tissue paper, sliding his shoes into their little felt bags, putting his brushes in order. How easy and how courageous it would be, to leave. He imagines how the gravel will crunch underfoot, the feel of his case bumping against his side. A flying leap! An adventure! But where to? That he will consider later. For now, as he nods to Racine, as he disappears behind the Oriental screen, his fingers already loosening his white evening tie, he will think only of the felted bags, soft and grey and consoling as the moles he sometimes finds outside his door, in the mornings.

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