The Ringmaster's Daughter: A beautiful and heartbreaking World War 2 love story by Carly Schabowski

Author:Carly Schabowski [Schabowski, Carly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838881290
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2020-07-06T18:30:00+00:00

The troupe travelled inland for two more rain-filled days with no indication from Werner as to where they were heading.

‘I saw a sign not long ago that said Paris was three hundred miles away,’ Jean told Michel, as he rode next to the caravan.

‘You don’t think we are heading to Paris?’

‘Who knows? Can’t carry on like this much longer. I think Giordano will kill Gino if he has to sleep with him in there another night.’

‘How is Kacper?’

‘Better. He gets a cough easily – especially with this weather. Bisou is driving Giordano crazy too. We have him settled at the rear, but he thinks he is a dog and wants to sit on the bed.’

‘He wouldn’t be able to manage the distance if we walked him.’ Michel thought of Bisou’s stumpy legs.

‘I know. I don’t mind him. It’s just Giordano. Says his clothes are full of horse and monkey hair.’

Michel chuckled.

‘It’s not funny. It was at first, but now it’s tiresome. Giordano’s right – it’s like living in a zoo.’

‘I feel for Aramis.’ Michel looked to the small crate being pulled behind Werner’s caravan. ‘He’s not been let out of that thing for days.’

‘He’s sick, Michel. I doubt he would go out even if we let him.’

‘Sick?’

‘Has been for a while. Werner has tried his best – got him medicine when he could afford it. But he’s old and tired. It won’t be long now. The last of the wild animals gone.’

‘Apart from Gino.’

‘That’s if he survives Giordano.’ Jean smiled weakly.

Michel was surprised to see that he remembered the road on which they now travelled. The row of trees, the dip in the land from the rocky outcrop that jutted out over the small village like a welcoming sign. They were back in Vodable. And Michel’s heart soared as he thought of Lucien, of the dog Coquette. He almost felt as though he had come home.

Michel rode Beau ahead and slowed alongside Werner’s caravan, the ringmaster at the reins for a change and Serge nowhere to be seen.

‘I know where we can stay,’ he told Werner.

‘And where is that?’

‘A friend, he has a farm. I will show you.’

Before Werner could disagree, Michel rode out in front, leading them towards Lucien and Isabelle.

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