DrabbleWriMo 14: Juxtaposition

Almost halfway (and three-quarters of the way through the actual book already!)

I'm not sure this one quite works as I'd hoped, which can be partially put down to not having room for all Valentine's confused emotions -- not least, the acute sorrow of her own childlessness, coupled with her affection for Roland (and the young man's existing hero-worship for 'the Marquis', of whose relationship he has no idea).

The other problem is that I haven't really managed to put across the idea of 'juxtaposition' being key to her realisation :-(

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