Nancy A. Collins by Tempter

Author:Tempter [Tempter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-05-20T14:26:59+00:00

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Jere flipped through the pages, scanning for further mention of the Legendre family, but found nothing of real interest. He picked up the third volume and let it fall open. He could tell a good deal of time had passed, as the attorney’s well-mannered penmanship showed the telltale tremble of advanced age.

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September 19, 1859

How can I begin? My hands still shake. Whether from grief or rage, I cannot say. Eugenie is dead. Father Jean-Luc officiated at the service, for none know the truth behind her demise save for a handful of loyal servants, Donatien and myself. I am certain Our Savior will forgive my sweet Eugenie her trespasses. It happened two days ago. I received a note from Eugenie, delivered by one of her cook’s myriad children. It was a sad and rambling letter, relating how Donatien, resentful of anything that might make her happy, had taken away her Jazrel and sold her to a sporting house in New Orleans. 1 was already well aware of Donatien’s perverse jealousy regarding her wife, as when the little lap dog I had given her suddenly disappeared without a trace several years ago. But this was truly vicious behavior, even for Donatien. Unnerved by the tone of her letter, I hurried out to Seraphine, but 1 was too late. Eugenie had already consumed enough laudanum to kill a brace of mules. Donatien was nowhere to be found and did not even bother to put in an appearance at his own wife’s funeral. I am told he is in Kentucky, looking at horses.

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