The Glassblower by Petra Durst-Benning

Author:Petra Durst-Benning [Durst-Benning, Petra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781477820278
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Published: 2014-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

They had hardly finished the Christmas roast when the men resumed their game of dice. While Eva helped the old housekeeper with the dishes, Ruth fetched her coat. “I’m going down to see Johanna and Marie for a while,” she said, kissing Thomas on the cheek.

“Do you have to?” he asked disapprovingly.

“I’ll be back soon,” she promised, and hurried from the room before he could say anything more.

Eva was standing in the hallway. “Let’s get one thing straight,” she hissed at Ruth. “Once that brat of yours is born, all your shirking is over and done with! You’ll do your share of the work!”

Ruth didn’t bother to answer. Eva’s accusation was completely unfounded, for she’d never missed a day in the workshop however much she might have wanted to sometimes. Besides, Eva was so envious of Ruth’s pregnancy that she took every opportunity to snap at her. Fortunately, she rarely had the chance. Eva would never say a word in front of Thomas; if he ever heard her say something nasty to the mother of his son . . . well, Ruth didn’t know what would happen. The mother of his son—now she was making the same mistake she so often chided Thomas for.

While she walked slowly through the quiet streets, she wondered anxiously what would happen if she had a daughter instead of the son that he wanted so much.

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