Joanne Harris by Blackberry Wine

Author:Blackberry Wine [Wine, Blackberry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-03-07T22:00:00+00:00

been my son’s, where he should have raised his children. If

it hadn’t been for her.’

Jay switched the radio off and reached for his shirt.

‘I’m sorry,’ he said. ‘I didn’t realize there was a family

connection.’

Mireille’s eyes went almost tenderly to the facade of the

house.

‘Don’t apologize,’ she said. ‘It looks better now than it has

in years. New paintwork, new windows, new shutters.

After my mother died my father let it all go to ruin.

Everything but the land. The wine. And when my poor

Tony—’ She broke off abruptly, her hands twisting. ‘She

wouldn’t live in the family house, hell, no. Madame wanted ‘ her own house, down by the river. Tony converted one of | the barns for her. Madame wanted her flower garden, her

patio, her sewing room. Every time it seemed as if the house

was finished, Madame would think of something else. As if

she was stalling for time. And then, at last, he brought her

home.’

Mireille’s face twisted. ‘Home to me.’

| ‘She’s not from Lansquenet?’ That would explain the

I physical differences. The light eyes, small features, exotic

| colouring and her accented but accurate English. ^, ‘She is from Paris.’ Mireille’s tone conveyed all her I mistrust and resentment of the capital. ‘Tony met her there

, on holiday. He was nineteen.’ She must not have been more

than a few years older, thought Jay. Twenty-three, maybe

twenty-four. Why had she married him? This farmer’s boy

from the country? Mireille must have read the question in

his face.

‘He looked older than that, Monsieur Jay. And he was

handsome, hell oui. Too much for his own good. An only

son. He could have had the farm, the land, everything. His

father never refused him a thing. Any girl from the village

would have thought herself lucky. But my Tony wanted

better. Deserved better.’ She broke off with a shake of the

head.

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