How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph) or (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #10
She could still hear his voice, the way he said Tallis, turning it into a girl's name. She imagined the unavailable future—the boulangerie in a narrow shady street swarming with skinny cats, piano music from an upstairs window, her giggling sisters-in-law teasing her about her accent, and Luc Cornet, loving her in his eager way. (3.218)
This is a little tricky. It's Briony dreaming of life with the French soldier, Luc, who dies in her arms at the hospital. So it's his dream (he mistook her for his fiancée) which never comes true. But… Briony does actually marry, and the suggestion is that she marries a French husband (Thierry). So the dream kind of does come true, maybe. We don't ever really get to see the happy ending, but it's nice to know that maybe it's out there.