We were all in the dining room eating cereal for breakfast, saying nothing, with only the sound of spoons hitting the plate and nibbling. Cranston was watching us intently arching his eyebrows at our lack of interest in any conversation he tried to initiate. The man wore a smart red robe while the rest of us still remained in our pajamas.
"And what time will you be leaving?" he asked suddenly: "That is, to notify our mechanic what time his carriage should be ready.”
"About that..." groped Alex.
"What's wrong?" he asked confused.
"Could we stay another day?" asked Rawvanna with a huge fake smile.
"Everything all right with you?”
"Yes, yes... it's just that we'd like to get at least another night's rest in a quiet place before we leave" Jeff tried to explain.
Cranston cl
