Fortune's Bride by Jane Peart

Author:Jane Peart [Peart, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-310-86549-0
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 1990-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

The next day as the two girls donned their graduation dresses of white lawn with lace collars, and pinned on the filmy white caps adorned with white ribbons to signify their status as graduates, they were unusually quiet.

It was as if they were realizing that this day was both an end and a beginning. Even though they had often bemoaned the strict rules of the Academy, they knew these years had been important and their impression would mark them forever.

This time of introspection was soon broken with the delivery of several bouquets.

It was a tradition at the Academy for friends and family to send bouquets of flowers that would later be displayed with the sender’s cards around the dining hall where a reception was held after the ceremonies.

With each new delivery, the girls ooh-ed and ah-ed, finding and opening the congratulatory cards revealing the identity of the sender.

Becky was still starry-eyed over a card from Marshall that had accompanied his bouquet, when Avril discovered a note in an unfamiliar handwriting resting in a bouquet of Michaelmas daisies and jonquils.

Another step along the way, dear Cousin. I look foward to the time when I may present my felicitations openly without fear of rebuke from those who “protect” you. Until your twenty-first birthday.

Always your affectionate cousin,

Claude Duchampes

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