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Eleanora Whitmore
Daughter of Cordelia & Henry
Curator of rare manuscripts. Reads in three languages, prefers margin notes to introductions, and keeps a fountain pen in every coat pocket.
Volume I · The Wedding
Eleanora
&
Augustin
The Twelfth of October · MMXXVI
The Athenaeum Library · Boston
Wedding · Two readers
Plate I
Chapter I
Dramatis Personae
A
Augustin Beaumont
Son of Marguerite & Étienne
Bookbinder by trade. Restores volumes thought beyond saving and once spent a winter chasing a lost edition through Lisbon.
Chapter II
In which two readers meet between the same shelves.
They reached for the same volume on a quiet Tuesday in November. Neither remembers who let go first, only that an entire afternoon disappeared between the stacks and a single shared cup of tea grew cold on the reading-room desk.
The chapter, as they like to tell it, has continued ever since.
Continued in Chapter III
Chapter III
The Gathering
The Venue
The Athenaeum Library
10½ Beacon Street · Boston
Reception 17:00 · Dinner 19:00
Attire
Black tie, library hush. Dark velvets, ivory silks, and well-loved books tucked under arms encouraged.
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