After Pierre and Hilary traveled to France to find his son, they meet Madame Quilleboeuf. Pierre and Hilary ask questions about her life. She worked for monsieur le cure. One day, when she was going to her everyday washing, she found a boy. "A little boy with golden curls all over his head, just about two years old and looking like like one of God's angels as he lay there." (Laski 58). So she picked him up and he lived lived with Madame Quilleboeuf for 3 days. She found out that the little boy's mother died. Some days later, a young man came to the door to fetch the little boy.
Hilary has been told that his son was living in an orphanage. "He walked some distance from the hotel before he asked a passer-by the way to the Orphanage of Notre-Dame-de-la-Pitie." (Laski 99). He meets The Madame Superior. Hilary talks about his son and what he was like. The Mother Superior answers that your son is named Jean (named by the nuns). A few moments later, Hilary sees Jean and instantly feels like this is his son. "The little boy came in and in the instant before his eyes perceived the child there was torn from his blood, his body, his very consciousness the conviction that this was his son." (Laski 115). This leads us to part 3.
Hilary goes on a stroll with Jean. They talk to each other to form a small bond. Hilary tests him by emotionally bonding with him, but Jean fails the test. The Mother Superior says that if you don't take this child, even if he isn't yours, then she is failing in her duty. "...If I see Jean has a chance of a good home, and a home where he may continue in his religion, I should be failing in my duty..." (Laski 202). Hilary is shocked by what she said. Wandering around, he has seen an identical toy to the one where he has bought Lisa. They named the toy, "Binkie". Hilary sends the toy to the orphanage, and when Jean sees it, he yells "Binkie"! This shows that Hilary's son is Jean. "Hilary came through the door to hear the little's boy's shout of passionate triumph: It's Binkie! It's Binkie come back!" (Laski 248).
This is the end of my book. I would rate this book 3.5/5 because mainly of the vocabulary. It took me a very long time to finish this book because of the challenging words. But I really liked the plot of the story because it is a very heartwarming book about a father and a son reuniting. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a challenge in historical fiction books.
*There is also a movie based on this book. You can see it of you want!*
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| Marghanita Laski |
http://thewritesofwoman.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/unsung-female-writers-part-one/
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