Threads of Silk by Linda Lee Chaikin

Author:Linda Lee Chaikin [Chaikin, Linda Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Historical, book, ebook
ISBN: 9780310542544
Google: 1n3Ebg7vQjUC
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2009-05-25T16:00:00+00:00

“MARQUIS VENDÔME IS ARRIVING NOW, Mademoiselle Rachelle,” Nenette called from the window. “Ooh, Chevalier Gallaudet is with him — and others — these monsieurs I have not seen before . . . they are all most beau. One cannot guess le marquis to have been in a dungeon, nor Gallaudet!”

Rachelle’s heart beat faster. She applied the finishing touches to her hair, arranging the autumn brown waves over her shoulder. She smoothed the lace of finest point de Venise at neckline and wrists. The cloth of her gown was a rubbed satiny rose with slashings of golden tissue in the ballooned sleeves. The gown had been given to her by Princesse Marguerite de Valois and sent over with the words written on a perfumed parchment: I envy you. Margo. Applying some tucks here and there and lowering the hem, for Rachelle was taller than Marguerite, she and Nenette had spent the afternoon fixing the belle gown to a perfect fit, so that Rachelle herself could not have guessed that she’d played seamstress.

Duchesse Dushane had visited the appartement, bringing greetings over Rachelle’s and Fabien’s release. Beneath the older woman’s smile and show of warmth, there’d been a worried look in her eyes, as if she had wished to speak of some matter that troubled her but refrained from doing so because of the pleasant purpose of her visit. Thereupon she had presented Rachelle with a wedding gift of Dushane family diamonds: sparkling earrings, a bracelet, and a necklace.

Rachelle wore them now as a customary family tradition for the continuation of the Macquinet-Dushane silk house. “Now we have the added blessing of the royal Bourbon family,” the duchesse had said. “A most astonishing feat on your part, ma petite.”

A grand catch, to be sure.

Rachelle left the bedchamber mirror and waited while the page announced Fabien’s arrival. Nenette, looking flushed and excited over this wondrous moment, swiftly departed the appartement to join the duchesse’s ladies.

Rachelle stood in the midst of the salle de jour waiting for him. Fabien entered alone and saw her. Drawn by the flame in his eyes, she went toward him.

He tossed aside his plumed hat and velvet cloak and moved to claim her. They came together, embracing tightly.

Her eyes closed with relief and joy, as for the moment they clung together as though some unseen menace threatened to again rob them of this moment. Her heart thundered in her ears as his kiss became one with hers.

He smiled, his warm fingers caressing the side of her face, then her throat.

He bent to kiss her again. “At last.”

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