CHAPTER FIFTEEN
“What do you think about my new clock?” Chantelle asked Roy over breakfast the next morning.
Emily watched as her father examined Chantelle’s most recent project.
“It looks marvellous,” he said, finally. “I’m very impressed. You’ve chosen quite an ambitious design.”
“I wanted to try something a bit tricker,” Chantelle told him. “Now that I know how to make a standard clock, I wanted to see if I could do one more like you would, with carved parts that show the inner workings.”
Roy looked thoroughly impressed. “Well, you’re certainly doing that.”
He sat beside her and they began sifting through cogs and bolts, searching for the best ones. It filled Emily’s heart with love to see them working together.
“Are we going to do more work on the greenhouse today?” Chantelle as
