What a pity.
Her wish was destined to remain unfulfilled.
Still young and unaware, she did not know that soon her family would move away from Loyalty Street to a larger, grander house to assume a new identity.
She would no longer need to attend school, as more professional and dignified tutors would come directly to her home to teach her truths that the beasts of the Empire would never encounter in their lifetime. And as she grew older, her mother would take her to various salons, introducing her to more friends appropriate for the status of the Dantes family, until she entered university or got married.
This was the rule of the era.
She would have endless sweets to eat.
But the nougat secretly brought by Little Margery would be out of her reach forever.
Lumier watched Edmond nod with a smile.
