The Lost Prince by Selden Edwards

Author:Selden Edwards [Edwards, Selden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101590973
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 2012-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

31

A YEARNING FOR THE FIGHT

As she stood with Arnauld on the platform of Back Bay Station the following morning, she felt in her heart a sinking heaviness she could not fully account for. Like so much of her future, Eleanor knew that this trip of Arnauld’s would not end well, although she knew few particulars.

“Take care of yourself, dear Arnauld,” she had said, touching his cheek, “and come back to me.”

“You must not worry,” he had said as they parted, hearing the concern in her voice.

“It is in my nature to worry,” she said. But that part of her nature he had never seen before, and he had no way of knowing its derivation or depth, although he sensed from just her present demeanor that things had changed between them forever.

“I am gone only for two months,” he said with a reassuring smile, not entirely comfortable in his new role, failing entirely to notice the depth of the change in Eleanor. “You will see me again in September, right here.”

“Nonetheless,” she said simply, “remember that you are loved here.”

“You must not worry,” he repeated, again trying to shake her from this apprehension he felt from her but had no way of understanding.

“I shall write,” he said, as he pulled away from her embrace and climbed onto the steps of the train car.

“I shall expect you to,” she said, regaining the outer show of strength she knew he expected and depended upon.

From his seat by the window, he watched her as long as he could as the train pulled away. She stood all that time in place until well after the two could no longer see each other, each heart aching, beyond words, each for its own separate reasons.

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