It was midnight. John and I sat on the river terrace and stared mutely at the façade of the house. Only one light came through the darkness, our son’s bedroom. The other occupants had retired for the night. The locals call the house “le chateau” as they have for hundreds of years. But to me she is a fragile lady – as in lords and ladies, ladies in lace hats and white gloves, ladies who keep linen in lavender be-ribboned cupboards, ladies who dress for dinner and ring a silver bell between courses, ladies who write up the week’s menus […]
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