The Chevalier (Châteaux And Shadows) - Plot & Excerpts
Catherine supposed that a few years before, when she had been dreaming of marriage, before her betrothal to Laurent, before his death, before the loss of her parents and her dowry, having a vicomte on one knee before her in a palace garden, declaiming poetry, would have made her swoon. Who is Phillis? she wondered instead, distracted from her worries about the baronesse and the pointed questions of the Mousquetaire the night before. “You once showed some complaisance, But less would have sufficed, You should not take that trouble To give me nothing but hope.” Complaisance? She looked away to hide the fact he wasn’t making her blush. She contained a shiver and wished she had brought a shawl. The sky was overcast, and she wondered idly if it might rain. “If I must wait eternally, My passion, driven to extremes, Will fly to death. Your tender cares cannot prevent this, Fair Phillis, aye, we’re in despair, When we must hope forever.” Ridicule. He wanted to bed her. It wasn’t like he had an enduring interest in her.
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