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Part 19 - Madame Misses a Trick

Michael Johnson

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Madam and Marie worked together for the next two days. The little conversation that was possible revolved around their patients' needs. Marie was dying to question the mysterious lady, but did not dare. For her part Madame seemed oblivious to who her helper might be.

Monsieur Drolet broke the impasse. With tears in her eyes, Marie told him of his wife's death. "We must get back for her funeral," Monsieur Drolet kept repeating.

And then, seemingly by a miracle, but in actual fact due to a timely word by Lieutenant Drouin, a car pulled up at the hospital, and the Maire and Curé came in to take Marie and her father back to the village. His injuries were less serious than the General's, and the doctor made no objection.

Madame turned to Marie. "Goodbye, and thank you for your help."

When the General awoke, he was much improved and more alert. He saw that his vision of Madame was no part of his delirium, and that she was really in the room with him.

"Dominique, will you marry me? I should have asked you then, but I'm asking you now."

"Georges, silly boy, of course I will, as soon as my mourning is over."

The General looked over to the other bed. "Where did Marie and her father go?"

"Oh, they left a couple of hours ago, a car came to take them home."

The General looked at her. "And did you and Marie talk together? What did you think of her?"

"We didn't have a lot to say, taking care of two patients. She seemed pleasant enough. A farm girl, I'd say. Why do you ask?"

The General smiled. "Dominique, that was the girl your son is going to marry!"

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Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson

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Ah, even Madame is not infallible! Madame was only mildly annoyed. These things happen, and balanced against finding Georges again, it was only a minor setback. Dominique believes in dealing with one thing at a time.

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DDP1955

Ah problems ahead maybe ...

Dominique thinks her son is going to marry a farm girl

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Michael Johnson

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Madame is a bit of a snob, but she is also very practical, and she trusts Georges's judgment (after all, he's in love with her, right?)

Mmmm, what now? Well, Marie should break off the engagement (remember Oscar Wilde's lines from The Importance of Being Ernest:

Cecily. [shows diary.] ‘To-day I broke off my engagement with Ernest. I feel it is better to do so. The weather still continues charming.’

Algernon. But why on earth did you break it off? What had I done? I had done nothing at all. Cecily, I am very much hurt indeed to hear you broke it off. Particularly when the weather was so charming.

Cecily. It would hardly have been a really serious engagement if it hadn’t been broken off at least once. But I forgave you before the week was out.

Do I dare kill off any more characters? It's getting a little thin.

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DDP1955

Dominique gets my vote, but John would be beside himself if he lost his mother and father in such a short period of time :) Maybe you could just let Dominique get a hospital acquired pneumonia and live within an inch of her life and survive. Marie could nurse her, with John at her bedside and she would see what a wonderful couple they are :) Please, no double weddings though

From the above you will see why I have never written a book ....

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Michael Johnson

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Dominique gets my vote, but John would be beside himself if he lost his mother and father in such a short period of time :) Maybe you could just let Dominique get a hospital acquired pneumonia and live within an inch of her life and survive. Marie could nurse her, with John at her bedside and she would see what a wonderful couple they are :) Please, no double weddings though

From the above you will see why I have never written a book ....

Double weddings???? What kind of a bolshie person are you? :lol: Dominique is a widow (remember she's in black - I don't put in details for the fun of it - convention demands a year in mourning). And if you think John and Marie are going to wait until October of 1919 to get married, you can guess again.

Domininque doesn't have anything against Marie, she had Georges vet her, remember? She just wasn't swift enough to ask some questions and find out who that girl was. She can be forgiven, after all - the man she had loved for years was lying badly wounded.

DD, I think you're going to take some flak for even hinting at killing off Madame - she's got 40% of the votes for favourite character See here.

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