Mahé, le 25 Août 1756
Bonjour ! Je suis Marianne !
My name is Marianne. It is how Francis named me.
I love Francis, sea and coconuts!
Francis is always kind with me. He is so tall and strong! He can catch me in his arms and make me fly through the air like a bird!
His hair is fair, and I love his blue eyes!
My hair is brown, my eyes are brown too and I'm a lot more tanned than him. This is unfair! I want blond hair and blue eyes too! And whiter skin!
But Francis does not agree. He tells me all the time he loves my tanned skin and my long dark hair.
And he's always kissing me everywhere! On my forehead, on the cheeks, in my hair, in my neck.
I love kisses! It is possible to live without kisses every day? And I love kissing him in return!
I saw him once kissing a woman on her lips. I want a kiss on the lips too!
But when I asked him, he laughed and told me that I am too little to have such kisses.
He must be right. When I stand next to him, my head is at the same level as his waist. I want to be tall one day to have kisses he has with other women!
Until today, Francis was used to come to play on my islands sometimes but not often enough. But starting today, he promised he will live with me in the same house! This is great! We will play forever!
Yesterday, he started to bring some of his people in my islands and some spice plantations. And a bunch of people with skin even darker than mine. They do not look like Francis and his people at all.
They are working in the fields all the day long. I asked some of them whether they want to play for a while but they said that they have not the right to play. I wonder why they can't.
I asked Francis why but he didn't want to tell me anything. It must be because I am too little once again.
This is my diary Francis's just bought me! I can write everything I want! He promised he won't have any look into it.
Maybe someday, when I would be tall, I'll read what I've written and… enjoy it?
I promised Francis I'll keep my diary forever.
I'm glad Francis is here with me.
Without him, I would still be always threatened by pirates.
And besides, Francis protects me from another guy he has warned me about. His name is Arthur.
Francis says he's a bad guy.
He's always telling me terrible stories about him.
He says Arthur has bad teeth, bad food, and that he's a bad kisser.
I do not know him, but I am afraid of that guy.