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Monday, September 10, 2012

293 wivesbehavingbadly

. it was nice of her to mention it . but i wondered if she meant it ." have you heard from marcus ?"
at his name , she leaped to her feet ." no , i haven't "
i wanted foe more  information  , buy gisela  had retreated  into painful refflections . the scene  on the  tapestry cushion  at my right elbow depicted  hunters  in the forest and a wounded  white  stag . the forest had been woven with little animals and flowers .' are you angry , by any chance , gisela ?"
"i' am and i'm not . ' gisela  took up a position  by the long window  and fingered the curtain tieback ." okay , i'll  say this . in the end  , i felt i had no choice . i'm married  to roger  and i can't just break a vow as easiy as marcus suggests ."
this shone a new , fasinating  light on the situation ." gisela  , since when have you minded  about marriage vows ?"
she tossed her head ." " you've read me wrong , minty . i always  observed  the contract . i did exactly  what was  expected and what  i underlook to do  . marriage is a business  , not some mystical revelation ." she fiddled some more with  the tieback .
in the end  . it was a choice . that what 's upset me ....a little . i did not have it in me to  consider  the alternative  with marcus  to  what i have now  ,  with  roger  . i could not  see  it ."
"ah "
" dose that make me dead ?"
i  hazarded  a shrewd  guess  ." it that what marcus  said ?"
gisela  smiled bleakly ." something al;ong those lines . but  it's done  ." she returned  to her seat , and i watched  her slip back  into the hostess 's skin , straightening her skin and lifting  the teapot  . " more ?"
gisela 's  pact with the devil had not made her happy ." are you sure ?"

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