tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-06-20:2041598FantineFantineFantine2013-07-10T02:24:07Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2013-06-20:2041598:416Requiem Aeternam Luceat Eis2013-07-10T02:24:07Z2013-07-10T02:24:07Zpublic0Lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling, for just a moment, she could see Cosette, her little girl, as she knew she was, calm, happy, playing in the garden of the inn, no longer sick, no longer wanting for anything. <br /><br /><i>Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading <br />Don't you see the evening star appearing? <br />Come to me, and rest against my shoulder <br />How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder. <br />Hurry near, another day is dying <br />Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying? <br />There's a darkness which comes without a warning <br />But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning.</i><br /><br />Looking up, the Mayor walked in, a haze surrounding him, his words dovetailing with her thoughts. <br /><br /><i>Oh, Fantine, our time is running out <br />But Fantine, I swear this on my life</i><br /><br />All her pride is gone, everything she has is gone, but she can plead this one last time. <br /><br /><i>Look, M'sieur, where all the children play</i><br /><br />She is there. She knows her beloved daughter is there, happy, child-like in the innocence that Fantine never had. <br /><br /><i>Be at peace, be at peace evermore.</i><br /><br />Peace? There is no peace until her daughter is safe. <br /><br /><i>My Cosette...</i><br /><br />Please, please. She knows that her darling deserves better. There must be something better. <br /><br /><i>Shall live in my protection</i><br /><br />Hope. A faint ray, another plead...<br /><br /><i>Take her now</i><br /><br />Please, Monsieur, she needs someone, someone to truly love her.<br /><br /><i>Your child will want for nothing</i><br /><br />Relief. A light, a faint ray of warmth.<br /><br /><i>Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven.</i><br /><br />Not since before, not for years has it been warm, peaceful.<br /><br /><i>And none shall ever harm Cosette<br />As long as I am living.</i><br /><br />He promised. Cosette will be safe, she will be happy.<br /><br /><i>Take my hand. The night grows ever colder.</i><br /><br />An angel. He must be an angel. She must keep him close.<br /><br /><i>Then I will keep you warm.</i><br /><br />She doesn't matter. Only Cosette. Only her beloved girl.<br /><br /><i>Take my child. I give her to your keeping.</i><br /><br />A blessing. She gives a blessing to him for Cosette.<br /><br /><i>Take shelter from the storm</i><br /><br />Storm? There is no storm. Just the light. She must know, she must believe that she was loved, Cosette, her darling. The warmth is getting more and more and more comfortable.<br /><br /><i>For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping<br />And tell Cosette I love her<br />And I'll see her when I wake...</i><br /><br />The light got brighter and brighter, and a door opened, drawing her up, through the roof, out of the squalor and dirt, and out of everything to... the end of things.<br /><br /><small>[ooc: Italicized text from <i>Les Miserables</i>, the musical.]</small><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dreamed_a_dream&ditemid=416" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments