Word Count: 42,076
Summary of Events:
M. LaFleur came by just as Aline was finished hanging laundry, needing her help finding another place in Trempré, and as they walked he convinced her to start calling him Adrien, seeing as she had no problem with him calling her Aline. Étienne and his comrades were roused by a call to arms before dawn and clashed with a surprisingly small force of Mardeaux soldiers, whom they managed to hold off until the soldiers retreated at dawn. Joanne having recovered fairly well from her miscarriage, Aline was able to get more housework done because she didn't have to mind the children, thus she had some free time, and so she went to wander about town, soon finding Adrien, who had finished helping M. Cournoyer bring in the harvest and thus had nothing to do for a few hours . . .
Excerpt of the Day:
“Then let us explore,” Adrien said.
“Well, where do we start?” Aline asked.
Adrien was silent for a moment, surveying the bustling streets around them, full of mostly women and elderly people about their day-to-day business.
“How about we start by you showing me all the places you know, and then we go from there to the places that neither of us know?” Adrien suggested. “Show me your favourite places.”
“I don’t know that I have favourite places,” Aline admitted.
“Really?” Adrien asked.
“I’ve been too busy doing housework to be able to find places that I might like to go,” Aline said. “And I’m not really one who enjoys buildings, I like being out in the woods and such, but there aren’t a lot of woods around here.”
“Indeed,” Adrien agreed. “But what about businesses you like to go to because the people are nice, are there any of those?”
“Oui,” Aline replied.
“Then let us start there,” Adrien said.
“I don’t have money to buy anything,” Aline said.
“And we’re not shopping,” Adrien replied. “We don’t have to go in the businesses, we just have to look at them. Besides, you don’t really want to introduce me to everyone, do you?”
“Non,” Aline admitted.
“They wouldn’t leave you alone if you did,” Adrien said.
“Exactly,” Aline agreed.
“So?” Adrien asked. “Where do we start?”
Aline looked around for a moment before leading the way to the librairie, where she looked in the window somewhat longingly at all the books; she hadn’t realised how much she would miss reading until she’d left Abondelle to help Joanne, but now she hadn’t read in ages, as she hadn’t the time to do so, and she yearned to read again, to disappear from the world for a few hours into the pages of a book.
“You like to read?” Adrien asked.
“Oui,” Aline replied. “Not all the time, but more than I am reading right now.”
“What do you like to read the most?” Adrien asked.
“Most anything,” Aline replied. “When it comes to stories. I also like to read about other countries.”
“Do you wish to travel someday?” Adrien asked.
“Maybe,” Aline replied.
“If you could pick one place in all of Ureonaiea, where would you go?” Adrien asked.
“Aifos, I think,” Aline replied. “It sounds so beautiful and peaceful.”
“It does?” Adrien asked.
“Oui,” Aline replied. “I know they’ve gone through their troubles in the past, but right now, particularly compared to us, they are living in idyll.”
“You want peace then?” Adrien asked.
“Oui,” Aline replied. “The way it is told of in the books makes it sound so wonderful, I don’t think I want anything else half as much as I want peace.”
Pronunciations:
Librairie: lihbrahree
Abondelle: ahbohndehll
Ureonaiea: yoorahneighah
Aifos: ayfohss
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