That evening Miranda made it quite clear to Annie, Gabe and I that she felt we shouldn"t delay and must immediately begin what she termed "working on" Kathleen and Bob. I was grateful for her continuing enthusiasm but Gabe was, as ever, cool towards her and getting more so. I was sad that he wasn"t more tolerant of her given her enthusiasm, and was slightly embarrassed by this, but he was always guarded around her and I couldn"t change it. I knew Miranda cared greatly for him and several times had glimpsed it in the way she looked at him, betraying admiration, love and maybe even adoration. Gabe was clearly uncomfortable, even if he did believe that Miranda"s infatuation was long past.
When Gabe and I were alone in the kitchen, I asked him again about this and he reassured me. His feeling
