“And if we were to marry, then what would that help? You would be thrown out of your father’s home, Jocef, surely you see that?”
Ramon’s heart beats as if there is something he is about to encounter in that old forgotten room, something more than writings of a despised nation
“Hush. Hush, Aster. Look what I found.” Papa reaches under the map that he is working on and pulls out an old piece of paper,
The place was a blaze of candles and lanterns. “Mallorca must be doing well, to afford such light,” Papa had murmured. Aster had felt ashamed
“If you seek my advice, don’t ever marry against the wishes of your family — or his. Nothing good will come of it
The Shamash tells Samuel he must find a match for his daughter Aster, to ensure that Aster and Clara are provided for in Samuel’s old age,
