Editing Swords To Plowshares
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''August 19th, 1867, Monday''<br> | ''August 19th, 1867, Monday''<br> | ||
''En route to Nurnberg''<br> | ''En route to Nurnberg''<br> | ||
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− | Recognizing the overture of friendship wrapped in a deft dismissal, Josephine was reluctant to spurn the former even as she regretted the latter. | + | Recognizing the overture of friendship wrapped in a deft dismissal, Josephine was reluctant to spurn the former even as she regretted the latter. All things in good time, Jo, but you've forgotten something. Something important. So said her father's voice in her head and in a flash, she knew what she'd neglected to mention in her briefing. She eyed the compartment door: wide open. There was no discreet, secure way she could mention it now. It would have to wait until she could talk to him again and Beignet had given her the opportunity she needed. So she rose and straightened her skirt and nodded her acquiescence.<br><br> |
"Please," she said. "That would be lovely. I may yet have managed to dredge up more information from memory when you return."<br><br> | "Please," she said. "That would be lovely. I may yet have managed to dredge up more information from memory when you return."<br><br> | ||
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There being nothing for it, she left Beignet's compartment and turned her footsteps toward Katherine's. She pulled her watch and checked the time. She still owed Ezekiel a little over an hour before she was pledged to check on him. ''Perhaps he has already finished apologizing to Michael and the Host and will be with Katherine and Flora. When Beignet arrives, everyone will be there and I shall not have to repeat everything twice.''<br><br> | There being nothing for it, she left Beignet's compartment and turned her footsteps toward Katherine's. She pulled her watch and checked the time. She still owed Ezekiel a little over an hour before she was pledged to check on him. ''Perhaps he has already finished apologizing to Michael and the Host and will be with Katherine and Flora. When Beignet arrives, everyone will be there and I shall not have to repeat everything twice.''<br><br> | ||
− | She sighed and resting her forehead on the doorframe of Katherine's compartment, she closed her eyes and tried not to sink to the carpet where she stood. She was tired, so incredibly tired, and she knew no small part of it was completely the fault of revealing her deepest hurt--even so tiny a part of it--to another. ''It's done, Jo. Chin up. Move on.'' Josephine put her hand to the latch and | + | She sighed and resting her forehead on the doorframe of Katherine's compartment, she closed her eyes and tried not to sink to the carpet where she stood. She was tired, so incredibly tired, and she knew no small part of it was completely the fault of revealing her deepest hurt--even so tiny a part of it--to another. ''It's done, Jo. Chin up. Move on.'' Josephine put her hand to the latch and knocked, listening for permission to enter.<br><br> |
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