Awkwardly, he bowed to the lady and then her daughter, who was now looking up at him, her face paler than he’d ever seen.
“I do hope to see you next week, Miss Knotsworth,” he said. He then made as unobtrusive an exit as he possibly could.
As he walked back to Barre House, he went over and over in his mind how he might have offended the lady. He’d complimented her on her furnishings, and only then had asked to sketch her artifacts. No, he couldn’t see what he had done to elicit such a reaction.
He could only shake his head and determine to ask Fungy about it when he saw him next.
Thalia couldn’t stop thinking about her reaction to Annabel’s interest in Yiannis after her friend had left. She didn’t understand why the thought of Annabel and Yiannis dancing should upset her so. It wasn’t
