[ There's enough of the old Alexandrie left to have it come when she needs it; the little distance that lets the seabird calling he only speaks of that tenderness to you, he will not let me know his heart sail away without first winging its loneliness through her eyes.
She wonders if Bastien thinks that is what it is like, between them. Tender. If he thinks her jealous and grasping, thinks she has no reason to be made so brittle with envy to see Byerly open warmly for him.
She doesn't ask. She didn't even want this much; it is like receiving another line of credit from one she is already indebted to. She still makes herself say— ]
I am pleased to hear so.
[ —as if it had put her heart at ease instead of making her want to scream. ]
Except, naturally, that he really does not care for my husband, but I have resigned myself to their relationship being mildly antagonistic at best.
[ She hesitates a moment, and then: ]
Please do not think that in regards to Byerly you must needs be my source of clarity and reassurance. While I may be glad of it, I also cannot help but feel I am somehow making an imposition of myself even if it is offered freely.
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She wonders if Bastien thinks that is what it is like, between them. Tender. If he thinks her jealous and grasping, thinks she has no reason to be made so brittle with envy to see Byerly open warmly for him.
She doesn't ask. She didn't even want this much; it is like receiving another line of credit from one she is already indebted to. She still makes herself say— ]
I am pleased to hear so.
[ —as if it had put her heart at ease instead of making her want to scream. ]
Except, naturally, that he really does not care for my husband, but I have resigned myself to their relationship being mildly antagonistic at best.
[ She hesitates a moment, and then: ]
Please do not think that in regards to Byerly you must needs be my source of clarity and reassurance. While I may be glad of it, I also cannot help but feel I am somehow making an imposition of myself even if it is offered freely.