Antoine Smiled Brightly in an Attempt to Break the Awkward Silence

Lying cowed up on her bed that night, Camille felt she had finally put the pieces together. Antoine smiled brightly in an attempt to break the awkward silence. Oh well, he added, as the excellent Isaac Newton said, to arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation. One of these days, I may yet find the answer. She poured the covers tighter around her chin, and gazed drowsily at the remnants of the fire, glowing in the hearth. Surrounded by the silence of the house, she slept for another night.

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