They're only allowed to see Alain briefly, before doctors need to examine him and run tests and generally make sure that he was, in fact, all right ( Read more... )

Meg needed to be away, just for a little while.

But, things being what they are, she doesn't want to be far away. She needs to be where people can still find her if they need to. For whatever reason ( Read more... )

Meg sits crosslegged in the middle of her sister's bed, surrounded by an impressive collection of brushes and combs and clips and pins and make-up and jewelry and various odds and ends.

Kim is going to a dance and Meg is helping her get ready, having been charged with both handing her things and providing opinions ( Read more... )

It's not quite three in the morning, and Meg Ford is staring at the ceiling in her sister's study/storage/catch all/guest room ( Read more... )

It's not that difficult to find Sylvain Gagné's restaurant. It is, as Meg said, written up in several guidebooks ( Read more... )

[ After this.Kim's hair is pretty unmistakable. Meg can, therefore, spot her sister from the doorway, and is about to go over to her table, when Kim gets up and heads for the infirmary ( Read more... )

She takes the time to change back into her own clothes before she goes upstairs. Fairy tale dresses, she has decided, are very lovely in book illustrations, but rather less than practical for everyday wear ( Read more... )

April 13

K -- I have gone to a country called Ambergeldar, with someone named Amy, because a friend needed help.

I wanted to make sure someone knew, just in case

Well, just in case. -- M

The problem with the letters from her sister is that Meg has never kept any of them for more than a minute or two. It's very easy to simply have a policy of throwing something away the moment you receive it . . . it's harder when you've kept it for a while, and carried it back from the end of the universe and so on ( Read more... )

Christmas is a time when traditions hold sway, a noisy, jumbled, joyous time, delight and wonder and joy, peace on Earth and good will towards all mankind ( Read more... )