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Well done santacrux! Now one of these days when I have the time, I'll have to read it again without having to wait a week for the next chapter.

What a great conclusion. The atmosphere of the entire piece was amazing, santacrux. The revelation that the guilt Marguerite felt wasn't really for the jeweles she had taken but for the papers she had kept made so much sense.

And, in the end, you really felt a change in Marguerite. I won't say "chill" because that would be wrong. But for her not to send on Adrienne's personal things to her family .... because she knew someday in the future she could use them ... Well, one just suddenly gets that impression that Marguerite has taken her first step into the often times perilous world of true double-standard. We DO know the humanity is there, she ordered Adrienne's headstone, but this was coming a year later, from a woman who married a millionaire -- a man she obviously did not love and knew it. She was already a survivor but cool and sad ...

Yet, there is room for hope.

What comes before mixes well with the intercut of Marguerite and Roxton in the "present". Their impulsive kiss; so pefect for late 2nd season (and particulalrly this episode) theme was well paced and easy to read -- and actually a good set up for "Man of Vision" with Margueite thinkng that here and now she would hear Roxton out but once off the plateau all bets were off ... That's our Marguerite completely in character.

Again, so well done, santacrux. I enjoyed this fiction thoroughly.

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Thanks Beckers. I see the contrast between Marguerite's inner generosity that you get get glimpses of in the first year and the snarky facade she wore so easily and knew that something changed her, something started to create those layers of self-preservation. It began long before Paris, but I wondered if this was the place she felt she lost her soul. Since I didn't think that taking the jewels as described in Survivors was all that bad, I started to wonder why....

Thanks beckers, roxane, di12381, cenobitetx, leener, Sun Krux (omitted from list originally)and katybelle. I appreciate your comments so very much. Glad that the young Marguerite I portrayed was one that you could believe.

An enormous thank you to rann for beta work, encouragement, hosting, posting, synopsizing (helping everyone to figure out who's who and what's what) foreshadowing and advertising. An amazing person and much appreciated.

I enjoyed my little 'research' visit to the world of preWW1 Paris and glad others liked it too. Now where? South America? the South Seas? pre-war London? Hmmmm... :mrgreen:

sc

You are too kind, sc. Your story was a pleasure to read and work on. You have a wonderful insight into the characters. (Am I forgiven now for being too picky?)

But of course in my role as demanding beta, all I have to say is..........

How soon until the next story?!!!! Please! Please! ::jumping up and down





rann

That's ok santacrux, I didn't really enjoy your story anyway.

So I didn't wax rhapsodic about it like everyone else here did...that's because they all said the same exact thing I was thinking...so why bother?

Looking forward to your next story.

I wrote everyone's names down on a scrap of paper in my hotelroom - I know I wrote your name down...I thought I did, ...maybe I didn't. I will now! Just to confuse things. I'm very sorry Sun Krux, your kind comments and a hint you might reread the story made me feel very good indeed. Please forgive.

It's all good, I was just teasing you. I know you didn't mean to forget me. :hug:

Phew !!!!

[/b]Amazing story!!!!!! I finally got a chance to read the whole story and it was fantastic! Thank you so much! Please, keep the stories coming!

However...if it happens again...I might feel slighted.

Well, I DID find the time on a weekend getaway to read in a relaxed atmosphere on the beach. What more can we ask from santacrux? I know!! More. more. more. I want to echo all the previous comments and add that this is one of those rare fics that could have been part of an ep (Survivors) as flashbacks. I read the final chapter very slowly, not wanting it all to end.
Thank you, sc.