Fiction / Non Fiction: Fiction
Form: Short Story
Genre: Historical, Slice of life
Word Count: 906 words
The Colonel stood in the centre of his study, leaning heavily on his cane, and looking sternly at his new ward. “What did you say her name was?”
“Angelica, sir.” Came the gentle reply from behind him.
He looked over his shoulder at the nun and grunted. “Angelica? Well that is some name to live up to. Whoever though of that name for this child, I wonder?”
“She will surprise you, Sir. you will soon see that she is her name.”
“Well, We will see. She looks frail, hardly a child who could earn her keep. How old is she?”
“She is eleven, sir. ”
“Eleven! She is very malnourished then. I would have put her at eight at the most.”
“And might I add, sir, that she will certainly earn her keep.”
“Is that so?” he asked, in mock surprise, before turning back to the girl, “Did you hear that, child? Sister Christina seems to think you are capable of hard work. Is she correct in this assumption?”
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