Authors: Philippa Carr
We'll Meet Again (33 page)
They had a little flat and Buster was getting plenty of time off because he was a newly married man and no more men were being sent overseas. The war in Europe was over.
They were very proud of their baby, a little girl who had been named Victoria. She was born in victory and it seemed appropriate.
I cannot describe the feeling of contentment which was with me at that time. Only those who have lived through those six years could understand that.
I shall never forget that day in May of 1945. People gathered in the streets and among them at Buckingham Palace we saw the King and Queen with the Princesses on the balcony. The Prime Minister, addressing the crowds in Whitehall, declared: “In our long history, we have never seen a greater day than this.”
Jowan and I walked back to our hotel together. The nightmare was over. The long days of waiting for Jowan were past. We were together and the future looked good.
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Copyright © 1993 by Mark Hamilton as Literary Executor for the Estate of the Late E. A. B. Hibbert
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ISBN: 978-1480403857
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.