"Then what is it you would have me and my family do, m'seiur? I am only a girl, I have no power against these men that would use me and my family so. I have tried before, and you can see the result of such attempts, I need not show you any more." She wiped at her eyes again.
Then, he said the magic words. Buying her supper. She looked up at him, her eyes wide in gratitude. "Oh, m'seiur! You would do that for me? I could not thank you enough. There truly are good people left in Paris! You are sent from God himself!" She moved forward, off of the chair to fall at his feet. "I do not have much I can offer you, except myself, in gratitude. If you would have me." It was all part of the show. She was accustomed to such articulations, and did not hesitate to say it. There were all sorts of currencies, she'd learned at a young age, and money was only one of them.
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Date: 2013-05-21 07:52 pm (UTC)"Then what is it you would have me and my family do, m'seiur? I am only a girl, I have no power against these men that would use me and my family so. I have tried before, and you can see the result of such attempts, I need not show you any more." She wiped at her eyes again.
Then, he said the magic words. Buying her supper. She looked up at him, her eyes wide in gratitude. "Oh, m'seiur! You would do that for me? I could not thank you enough. There truly are good people left in Paris! You are sent from God himself!" She moved forward, off of the chair to fall at his feet. "I do not have much I can offer you, except myself, in gratitude. If you would have me." It was all part of the show. She was accustomed to such articulations, and did not hesitate to say it. There were all sorts of currencies, she'd learned at a young age, and money was only one of them.