It is cooked by Ramona, of course, and is served by Paloma and by me, at a long table at the far end of the kitchen, just off the pantry. I had been relieved of my color-grinding duties after the drawing class was over, and I stumbled down the stairs to the kitchen, my shoulders and elbows aching...
Alsop En route to Havana, Cuba My dearest Jacky, For once I am actually penning this letter instead of just making it up in my mind, for there is the very good chance, God willing, that I will see you again in a week and you might actually read it, unlike those many others I have written and sent...
I ask, leaning back in my chair in front of Ezra Pickering’s desk. “I assume you were able to dispose of it in a discreet fashion? I’m sure that the gold was no problem, but were you able to fence the jewels to our benefit?” “Yes, Miss, I was . . . though your use of ‘fence’ is not one with which...
12:35. Arrive town of Cairo. Debark passengers. Look out over Mississippi River. Personal observation: I had thought that we had been on mighty rivers these past few weeks, but I have never seen anything like this. Good Lord. We had picked up our former passengers at Elizabeth town the day follow...
This evening, after supper, I went up to my old room and took out my serving clothes and laid them out on the bed. Then, after prayers and lights-out, at nine, I lay there in the dormitory for a while, and when all the breathing about me is slow and regular, I pull back the covers and creeps out ...
says Higgins. Obediently, I duck my sudsy head ’neath the hot bathwater, and his strong fingers work at the roots of my unruly mop of hair. “Ahhhh.” I breathe as my face breaks the surface, eyes squeezed shut against the soap. “Nobody has hands like you, Higgins. I shall miss you.” We have visite...
It is the first time we have been alone together since he was released from the brig. He comes up to me and takes my hand and holds it to his lips. "I don't care about my first command. All I care about is you. Why did you not send Jared or Harkness back with the prize? I want to..." "I know what...
