Julianna did not share his excitement. It was obvious by her frown and her closed off posture. Arms across tucked beneath her breasts and her body half-turned away from him.
When he disappeared to retrieve the necessary cleaning supplies, she dropped her arms and her hands slapped against her skirts. He wasn’t within earshot to hear her exasperated huff as she sat down upon the piano bench, but she often did a lot of things without anyone to hear them. Sometimes, it just felt good to do them. Living gestures that she refused to let go of.
She watched over the top of the piano as he moved around the room to clean up his mess. Julianna appeared to be bored, running her fingers back and forth over the tops of the piano keys as he spoke. The gesture stopped and she stared hard at him when he mentioned a diary. There had been an estate auction about a decade ago and her diary had been one of the things lost in the careless transaction of her belongings.
Julianna did not know if it was a Hart man that had taken it. She did not know if her was the one that Owen now had. She didn’t ask, if anything, she would just go through his things later and see if she could locate it. She sighed heavily when he continued to question her. Julianna then waved a hand and rolled her eyes as if she couldn’t remember.
“I knew plenty of them. Too many in my opinion. Reinhold and Mara Hart. Their children Elizabeth, Nathan, Ephraim and…” Julianna’s gaze fell to where her hands rested in her lap. “Absalom.” She looked back up at Owen. “And endless aunts and uncles and cousins and what have you, I’m sure.”
When he disappeared to retrieve the necessary cleaning supplies, she dropped her arms and her hands slapped against her skirts. He wasn’t within earshot to hear her exasperated huff as she sat down upon the piano bench, but she often did a lot of things without anyone to hear them. Sometimes, it just felt good to do them. Living gestures that she refused to let go of.
She watched over the top of the piano as he moved around the room to clean up his mess. Julianna appeared to be bored, running her fingers back and forth over the tops of the piano keys as he spoke. The gesture stopped and she stared hard at him when he mentioned a diary. There had been an estate auction about a decade ago and her diary had been one of the things lost in the careless transaction of her belongings.
Julianna did not know if it was a Hart man that had taken it. She did not know if her was the one that Owen now had. She didn’t ask, if anything, she would just go through his things later and see if she could locate it. She sighed heavily when he continued to question her. Julianna then waved a hand and rolled her eyes as if she couldn’t remember.
“I knew plenty of them. Too many in my opinion. Reinhold and Mara Hart. Their children Elizabeth, Nathan, Ephraim and…” Julianna’s gaze fell to where her hands rested in her lap. “Absalom.” She looked back up at Owen. “And endless aunts and uncles and cousins and what have you, I’m sure.”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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