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Chapter Thirty-Three
To the Cottage
Dear Miss Pages,
I don't know what to do? I believe that I made the right decision by telling Meg what I had told her, but since then I have not seen or heard from her. And I know what you're thinking:
Hasn't it been like 3 days?
Well that's partly right. It's been 1 1/2 days. But Meg and I were supposed to have lunch today, but she never showed up.
I'M WORRIED!
I have finally come to a newdecision. I am going to apologize to Meg andallow Erik and Christine to come to the wedding. And I know you think I'm being too...hmmmm...I don't know the word for it...hmmmm...well, whatever it is, it means I am waytoo forgiving. But Meg deserves to have ALL her friends and family at her wedding like me. So...I had to give in.
!AND YOU CAN'T MAKE ME CHANGE MY MIND EITHER!
Love, your owner,
RaoulÂ
+Raoul tells Meg+
He took a short walk to the opera house where he met Antoinette, who was exiting a buggy.
"Oh, Mme. Giry, may I speak with Meg?"
"Of course. But why are you asking me for permission? She is your fiancé."
"It was because I wasn't sure if you would want me to talk to her anymore."
"Monsieur le Viscomte, it was your opinion. I would never judge a person on that alone."
"Thank you Mme., and do call me Raoul."
"Certainly...Raoul. Meg should be in her room."
He rushed into the opera towards Meg's room. When he reached the door, he knocked politely.
"Yes?" she answered, "Who is it?"
"It's me, Raoul!"
She opened the door and looked at him furiously, "What do you want?"
"I came to talk to you about what happened."
"What about it? You already said I can't have myfather or friend at my wedding. Anything else you want to restrict?"
"About Erik and Christine coming? I was thinking, and, I changed my mind. If I can have all my friends and family atour wedding then you should be able to, too. I'm sorry I made such a big deal about it in the first place."
"It's okay! I forgive you," she said happily, leaping into his arms and kissing him passionately.
Just then Antoinette walked up behind them, "Meg? Christine's very ill!"
"What!" she asked in shock.
"When I left the cottage, she had a very high fever."
"Well then I must be with her!" she said, "I'll be right out. Let me change into something more appropriate for traveling." She turned to walk into her room, when she was stopped by her mother.
"No! We will be going nowhere tonight. The earliest I will allow you to leave is tomorrow morning."
"Then we leave tomorrow morning, at 6:30." and she vanished into her bedroom for the night.
+The Journey+
It was an early rise at six, but Meg didn't really care. Her bestfriend was ill and that meant she needed to be with her. And that was that!
She had gotten ready quickly, and even beat her mother to the stables.
Finally Antoinette reached the stables and slowly started saddling her horse.
"Maman, hurry up! We need to start off if we plan to make it there by noon."
"What!" she asked, turning to look at her daughter, already on her mount. "And why are you riding Caesar? Of all the horses in this stable, why did you pick him? He isn't even your horse. He's Erik's."
"Well, I don't know! I just wanted to ride him. And I know he can carry me to the cottage on a straight gallop."
"Well don't plan on that happening. There is no way that Frodo can make it there on a straight gallop!"
"We can always give the horses a breather if they need it. Now hurry up! We need to get going!"
"I'm going as fast as I can!" she said slowly mounting her horse. "Okay lets go."
And they headed off.
After about forty-five minutes of straight galloping, Antoinette motioned for Meg to stop. "What's wrong?" she asked turningCaesar around so shecould faceher mother.
"Frodo is absolutely exhausted, already. Do you mind if we walk for a while?"
"No, not at all." and so the two of them dismounted, and started walking, their horses following behind them.
XxX
They had been walking in silencefor about fifteen minutes. Finally Meg decided to speak up. "Oh, Maman. I almost forgot to tell you what Raoul came to me about yesterday!' she said excitedly.
"Wait, let me guess! More despicable news!" Antoinette said, highly exaggerated.
"No, silly! He came to tell me he was sorry for making such a big deal about Erik and Christine going to the wedding. And they're now on the guest list too!"
"Are you serious? Well that's good news! Hopefully that will cheer Erik up some. I just hope Christine will be well enough to go to the wedding!"
"Lets hope so! She is my Maid of Honor."
They finally appeared in front of the hotel. "Well here we are." Antoinette said, mounting. "Lets go! The horses should be rested enough by now."
Meg mounted quickly and they were off, galloping faster than before.
Within the thirty minutes the cottage came into site. And before the horses were at a complete stop, Meg had jumped off and ran for the door.
Once in front of the door, she paused to regain her composure. Then she knocked quietly, her mother now by her side.
Erik answered the door, "Meg, Antoinette. What are you doing here?"
"We came because of Christine! I wanted to be here for her!" Meg said sounding worried.
"Certainly. If you would please come in and take a seat in the family room, I will go get her." and he left the room.
XxX
He looked all around the house and finally found hercleaning in thelibrary/den. There she was bent over cleaning the coffee table, her back turned to him. IT WAS TOO PERFECT! He crept up behind her, wrapped his arms around her waistand spun her around in a circle. She squealed with surprise.
Then he turned her around to face him, a big smile on her face, "Gosh, Erik! You scared me!"
"Well lets hope I didn't scare you as much as you scared me," he said, pulling her closer to him. "How do you feel?"
"A little nauseous, but besides that, I feel perfectly fine."
"Good! Because you have visitors."
"Really? Who?"
"Why don't you go and see. Come on." and hetook her by the hand and led her to the family room, where Antoinette and Meg were waiting.
