***FREE STORY***As World War One rages, in the quiet village of Trevannic, a young stranger washes up on the idyllic Cornish shore. His appearance and origins are a mystery. His Greek god muscular good looks and musical genius charms the little vil...
The moon rose and silvered the sea. The sea breeze sprang up;breaking the melancholy rhythm on the sands beneath. "The wind wailing is as haunting as the 'Chanson Triste'," observedJill.
An hour later, Jan Pendered walked up the cliff, meeting the ladies and Dr. Mead at the gate. Worry was etched into the sisters' faces.
Then, they learned what happened. With dignity, Janet and Jill thanked Jan Pendered. They gave him a generous tip for Joe Gullow, who had ridden his bicycle into St. Madoc and returned with the news about the London bound train. They wished Jan good night in clear, brave voices, and walked back very silent and upright through the garden into the house.
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In the drawing room the sisters comforted each other with a hug before sitting down to Dorcas' strong cups of tea.
Olga Daniloff, the younger woman, like a mermaid had lured Jakob away from their lives with enchanting promises of music with the great Boris Daniloff. Youth had been magnetically drawn to youth. The sisters were, left to the dry lavender of their lives.
When they retired to their bedrooms, Jill spoke through the open double interconnecting doors once.
She said, "Janet, you must forget all of today's events and get some sleep. Nos dha."
"I will my dear. Good night, nos dha and sweet dreams."
Moon light streamed through the white floor to ceiling casement windows into the clean, spotless rooms. It shone on each of the queen beds, on the white silk night gowns neatly folded on the chaise longue, on the family portraits over the mantelpiece, on the water colour paintings Jakob gave them and on the faces of the sisters.
Each time Jill closed her eyes, she saw Jakob smiling mischievously at her. This was the time of day she most ached for his love. Jill's desire for Jakob was an intense yearning for a feeling forever lost, sehnsucht.
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Overcome with emotion, Jill rose, put on her dressing gown and tip toed to Jakob's bedroom. It was just as he left it that morning. The window was slightly ajar and the curtains undrawn. She leaned out to look at the sea below.
As Jill did so, she noticed a folded paper on his writing desk. Turning on the lamp, it was a letter in Jakob's hand that read,
My dear Jill,
I cannot cry, yet I shed endless tears,
I look for a place to belong,
I find home in every contour of your body,
I live in you until my love spills over.
My heart is yours,
Only yours my love.
Jakob Marowski
Had Jakob expected to give her that note? It was better, not to contemplate what made him leave the way he did. All her forty years she waited for a lover. He had come at last, cast up by the sea. He taught her to love and be loved. A brief season of unadulterated happiness had blossomed into new life; the second heart that beat inside her womb.
As a Cornish woman, she was strong enough to survive anything. Jakob brought adventure and music to the village. Visitors from surrounding villages had come to Trevannic to hear the musical genius for themselves. He gave them hope and laughter in a time when the whole world was burning, consumed by war.
The setting was right for Wilfred Mead to declare his love for Janet. He no longer needed Jakob's rehabilitation as the pretext to call on her sister. Jill was willing to bet that they would be married within a year.
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No one would understand her having sexual relations with Jakob before marriage but she hoped they would when her pregnancy became apparent to all. Jill smiled knowing an exciting new chapter of family life lay ahead.
END
November 6, 2015
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