"Ah, so there the little czar is," she said with obvious distaste. "And with your Madeleine, of course." Of course... ? Why do you say it like that?" ...ntoine questioned, her derisive tone provoking him."Did I say it wrong? I'm sorry, Darling. Probably just the natural, unrefined farmer coming out in me. Nothing more crude than a half-drunk, corn-fed girl, they say."Antoine grinned and she moved around until her back was to Uncle Gaston and Madeleine, then he saw the almost immediate, serious. "I need to pee," she said abruptlyand broke away from the hug and walked towards a door at the other sideof the room. She looked like a man but she was still walking gracefullylike a woman. I guess if anybody saw her now, they'd just assume she wasgay. I don't know what they'd think about me and the way I lumberedaround in my heels. I heard an anguished shout from the bathroom. "Alex!Get here!" she shouted. I walked over and put my hand on the doorhandle."I'm not sure I should come in, you. "No sense in it at the moment, couldn't afford to take anyone out now anyway, even if I did know anyone I could go out with."She sat in silence thinking about that for a few moments. "Yeah, sort of hard being alone," she said just under her breath, but then I sensed she really wasn't talking about me any more either. Then she brightened and smiled looking at me. "So sometimes, we do whatever it is we need to do to get by in the meantime," she then said, and once again reminded me to put my. ’ Her mother told him, ‘I saved up and gave it to Suzanne for her eighteenth birthday. She hated wearing the glasses.’ Putting her arm around her daughter’s shoulder she kissed the side of her head and told her, ‘She was just as pretty with them as without them, but it’s what she wanted.’ ‘Mama you know what they say, men don’t make passes at girls that wear glasses.’ ‘They say some stupid things darling, if that was true then half the woman in the world would be single.’ Misha stared down at.