1763. After the signing of the Treaty of Paris, Arthur decides a visit to his continental North American colonies is in order.
"He didn't come to say good-bye."
Arthur paused, his fingers pinching the tip of his leather glove. "Come again, lad?"
Matthew stood in the hallway, one hand on the doorsill, his bear leaning against his leg. "After the treaty signing, Francis didn't come to say good-bye."
"You're a colony, Matthew. France didn't owe you a trip across the Atlantic to be sentimental."
"You took Ile Royale and the rest of Acadia to Aix-la-Chapelle, even the parts you already had. And he said good-bye there, Aca- Nova Scotia told me. Bu-but he didn't ask for me. I know I'm just a province, that I'm not as good or as pretty as Martinique or Saint-Domingue, but he promised"Are you arguing against the treaty, Quebec
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Re: Part 11: Left Behind
anonymous
July 31 2010, 16:12:26 UTC
Oh, authoranon! This is everything I love about the England/Canada relationship and more. And you've done it with just the right amount of sadness and bittersweetness that it's realistic and not over the top. Just wonderful, anon, just absolutely wonderful. :D
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1763. After the signing of the Treaty of Paris, Arthur decides a visit to his continental North American colonies is in order.
"He didn't come to say good-bye."
Arthur paused, his fingers pinching the tip of his leather glove. "Come again, lad?"
Matthew stood in the hallway, one hand on the doorsill, his bear leaning against his leg. "After the treaty signing, Francis didn't come to say good-bye."
"You're a colony, Matthew. France didn't owe you a trip across the Atlantic to be sentimental."
"You took Ile Royale and the rest of Acadia to Aix-la-Chapelle, even the parts you already had. And he said good-bye there, Aca- Nova Scotia told me. Bu-but he didn't ask for me. I know I'm just a province, that I'm not as good or as pretty as Martinique or Saint-Domingue, but he promised"Are you arguing against the treaty, Quebec ( ... )
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