The Days of the King by Filip Florian

Author:Filip Florian [Florian, Filip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Historical, Europe, Eastern, Humorous, Modern, Satire, Literary, 19th Century, History
ISBN: 9780547549026
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2011-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

And not only did she have small and slender wrists, she had feet and ankles to match. Examining her boots, Joseph marveled at their unnatural smallness; they looked like doll's footwear. What remained mysterious to him above all was how Elena Duković managed to keep her balance and how she managed to tread so smoothly, as if floating. Her steps, whether she walked at leisure or in a hurry, resembled in his imagination the flight of a bird. And that gliding, as insecure as any flight, demanded to be guarded, like her small hands and slender wrists, as fragile and brittle as glass. In their frequent walks, inhaling her perfume, gazing upon her profile, feeling her discreet touches, he refrained from many things and was careful, very careful, that this woman in the unusual situation of taking treatment for a nonexistent malady should not stumble against the many rocks on the streets of Bucuresci, that she should not slip in the mud of the gutters, that she should not be bitten by the dogs or twist her ankle on any curb, stair, or pothole. The good Lord saw to it that she did not twist her ankle.

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