Dress neatly, ordered, Mama, we are going to the Grand Café, don't shame me. I've chosen a husband, it's high time I got rid of you.

The daughter blushed

she prayed and hoped that Mama was smart enough to see who had picked up her handkerchief last Sunday in the park. He was well-mannered, wearing his Sunday suit, had lifted his hat while bowing to Mama and had next greeted the girl.

How beautiful his words had sounded, poetic, spoken from the heart. For a moment she had thought he was winking at her as he said: My ladies, it was a pleasure to meet you both. I am grateful that I could be of your service. Have a good afternoon. I hope to meet you again.

_{Jean Édouard Vuillard - L’aiguillée (The Thread -1893)}

Since that moment the Mama

had gone out alone more than once. How wonderful and exciting the courtship could be. The daughter knew she would have no trouble loving this artist. Thinking of his words, she couldn't stop herself from blushing.

Mama, who was sitting opposite of her daughter, looked out unashamedly through the window. Without paying any attention to the other guests, she tapped on it and beckoned.

Voila, there you are, said Mama happily, take a seat. I would have liked to invite you to my residence, but given the circumstances and the child... You already know my daughter?

Indeed. How do you do?

That voice, that face, the daughter would recognize it out of millions, draw it with her eyes closed.

As befits a well raised lady, the young woman nodded slightly.

My child, said Mama, here he is. The man of my dreams. Your father died over twenty years ago, we are engaged and getting married next week. You have three weeks to move out. You can move to an apartment, our country house in Brittany or, if you prefer, go to a monastery in Belgium.

Speechless, the daughter looked at the engaged couple while the waiter poured the coffee.

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