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dwgmThe second part of the Epilogue, 450 words, with profuse thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
herewith for the helpful beta read.
The main story...
The first part of the Epilogue was here and the next is under the cut.
Epilogue 2
~ An Execrable Business, continued...
Twins! Madame Pelletier was completely aux anges, the exigencies of the past three months entirely forgotten!
Well, not entirely.
Her daughter was recovering well from what must have been a most difficult lying in – twins, no less, and her mother unable to attend the birth. It was too, too bad. But now the girl was most anxious to hear her parents’ tale of terror and woe on the high seas. Attacked by pirates! Everything stolen! The so beautiful Giselle abducted and forced to serve as a ship’s cat on a filthy pirate vessel! It did not bear thinking of. Madame would not mention the vile threats to her own person, though indeed she had suffered from nervous palpitations for an entire fortnight following the incident.
“Your father was so brave in defending me, my dear! And this in spite of his illness, for he was suffering dreadfully from the ague, which is indigenous to Hispaniola. He would have routed them all if he had not succumbed to the malady at that moment.”
“But Mama! Papa looks to be in the pink of health!”
Madame smiled. “It is very true. Captain Récamier it was that saw Papa’s plight and brought him the cure from the chest of remedies that he had kept secreted from the pirates in his cabin. Jesuit’s Bark it is called. One makes it into a tea, which is taken several times a day. It is most efficacious, your father began to feel better almost at once.”
“Oh, bless the captain! That almost makes up for your terrible losses, for when one has health one has everything!”
“Very true, my love,” Madame agreed. “I am almost ashamed to say that I miss some of my things. So much lost to those horrid men!”
Yet two days later, when a package was delivered to Madame, her transports were almost as great as those produced by her twin grandsons when it was found to contain the jewels that had been stolen from her on the ship, a beautiful collection, but more notable for sentimental than monetary value.
“There is no note, nothing to indicate who sent them. I cannot believe any of those dreadful men would have found it in him to restore them to me, though of course our direction was on each of the trunks they stole. But what other explanation can there be?”
“It is a great mystery, Mama, and I doubt it will ever be solved. You must say a prayer of thanks tonight, that the good God will bless the one who had a change of heart. But now come and look! Nurse says it is only wind, but I believe little Georges is smiling!”
On to Epilogue 3 and the conclusion of the story...
herewith for the helpful beta read.The main story...
| 1. Tortuga 2. Happiness 3. Festive 4. Last Minute 5. Calm 6. Truth 7. Bargain 8. Spook 9. Down 10. Wounds 11. Moon 12. Monsters 13. Beauty 14. Name 15. History | 16. Service 17. Advice 18. Captain 19. Awe 20. Cross 21. Mistake 22. Heroism 23. Gold 24. Echo 25. Greed 26. Advance 27. Challenge 28. Adventure 29. Sentence 30. Treasure | 31. North 32. Coat 33. Good and Evil 34. Sickness & Health 35. Lost 36. Court 37. What if? 38. Island 39. That can't be 40. Prophesy 41. Ten Years Later 42. French 43. Deed 44. Tea 45. Scarlett & Giselle | 46. Link 47. Comedy 48. Mothers 49. Fathers 50. Rib 51. Music 52. Magic 53. Pirate King 54. Freedom 55. Sea Shanties 56. Isla de Muerta 57. Tragedy 58. Sickness 59. Port 60. Rebirth |
The first part of the Epilogue was here and the next is under the cut.
Epilogue 2
~ An Execrable Business, continued...
Twins! Madame Pelletier was completely aux anges, the exigencies of the past three months entirely forgotten!
Well, not entirely.
Her daughter was recovering well from what must have been a most difficult lying in – twins, no less, and her mother unable to attend the birth. It was too, too bad. But now the girl was most anxious to hear her parents’ tale of terror and woe on the high seas. Attacked by pirates! Everything stolen! The so beautiful Giselle abducted and forced to serve as a ship’s cat on a filthy pirate vessel! It did not bear thinking of. Madame would not mention the vile threats to her own person, though indeed she had suffered from nervous palpitations for an entire fortnight following the incident.
“Your father was so brave in defending me, my dear! And this in spite of his illness, for he was suffering dreadfully from the ague, which is indigenous to Hispaniola. He would have routed them all if he had not succumbed to the malady at that moment.”
“But Mama! Papa looks to be in the pink of health!”
Madame smiled. “It is very true. Captain Récamier it was that saw Papa’s plight and brought him the cure from the chest of remedies that he had kept secreted from the pirates in his cabin. Jesuit’s Bark it is called. One makes it into a tea, which is taken several times a day. It is most efficacious, your father began to feel better almost at once.”
“Oh, bless the captain! That almost makes up for your terrible losses, for when one has health one has everything!”
“Very true, my love,” Madame agreed. “I am almost ashamed to say that I miss some of my things. So much lost to those horrid men!”
Yet two days later, when a package was delivered to Madame, her transports were almost as great as those produced by her twin grandsons when it was found to contain the jewels that had been stolen from her on the ship, a beautiful collection, but more notable for sentimental than monetary value.
“There is no note, nothing to indicate who sent them. I cannot believe any of those dreadful men would have found it in him to restore them to me, though of course our direction was on each of the trunks they stole. But what other explanation can there be?”
“It is a great mystery, Mama, and I doubt it will ever be solved. You must say a prayer of thanks tonight, that the good God will bless the one who had a change of heart. But now come and look! Nurse says it is only wind, but I believe little Georges is smiling!”
On to Epilogue 3 and the conclusion of the story...
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Date: 2009-03-13 01:13 am (UTC)I'm so glad you enjoyed this little bit. One more to go! All read to post in the morning. Thank you for commenting!