Painted Pearls
And though one day it might fade, it could never be erased entirely: for there, upon her face, she would carry the reminder of that day, forever and always.
"Come, Mistress, you ought to eat!" Exclaimed the maid finally, pulling over the chair to sit by the bedside. Still Liziwe did not move, and with a sigh, Susan tugged at the pillow beneath her head, until it fell away, and she was forced to look at her. "Sit up, that's a dear," Susan said in a motherly tone. "Eat now, or the tea will have gone cold!"
"I don't have an appetite." Her patient replied bitterly, and shifted to face in the opposite direction.
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