Chapter 16: Gédéon Leaves for Porcupine Country
Early on Wednesday morning, Honoré stretches under his sheet and opens his eyes to find his bedroom flooded with sunlight. Beneath the window, people are chatting in the carré. He squints at the Empire Portico clock in the corner of his room. It’s nearly ten. Usually, Bernard insists he be fresh, clean-shaven, and dressed by nine. Curious to know why he’s been granted this lazy morning, he sits up and swings his legs around the bed, slipping his feet into his black velvet embroidered house shoes.
Already, he’s thinking of McGauran. They’ve been seeing each other every evening since the storm. They meet at the side door of the house, and then go for long walks, usually in the old city. McGauran loves to visit the Beauchemin Librairie and in
