Chapter Fifty One – Smile
There was a long pregnant pause. What now? Ring the bell? Sheeta and Pazu looked at each other. She let a small smile light up her face. It played delightfully there and it warmed his heart but it was the last one he would see on that face for a long time. It came and went so quickly that he later had to tell himself it had really been there. He had to dig into his memory to recall it, but yes, for a few beautiful moments hope had been there, resting in her heart. Then, like a small bird disturbed by a prowling cat, it flew away and was gone.
Because the Chamberlain had spoken again.
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16 April 2007
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