With all that Constance has had to do, with all she's promising, it isn't as if Aramis can defer or lie to her, can he?
He looks down at his hands cupping the the goblet. "This was some time ago," he says, "when the Queen was being hunted by an assassin and his men. I had learned that one of the nuns was a former lover of mine when we were young. She ... died." Still, that pains Aramis, that Isabelle died because of him. "Already, the Queen and I had ... " How to put it?
"We had shared some moments. She has such ... strength. Such poise. But in the convent, when we were not sure if we would survive, when she was feeling so very much pressure to have a son, when I was mourning Isabelle, we ... came together." It was only one night, but one he would never forget."
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Date: 2015-06-18 11:29 pm (UTC)With all that Constance has had to do, with all she's promising, it isn't as if Aramis can defer or lie to her, can he?
He looks down at his hands cupping the the goblet. "This was some time ago," he says, "when the Queen was being hunted by an assassin and his men. I had learned that one of the nuns was a former lover of mine when we were young. She ... died." Still, that pains Aramis, that Isabelle died because of him. "Already, the Queen and I had ... " How to put it?
"We had shared some moments. She has such ... strength. Such poise. But in the convent, when we were not sure if we would survive, when she was feeling so very much pressure to have a son, when I was mourning Isabelle, we ... came together." It was only one night, but one he would never forget."