"The meals you serve here are absolutely splendid, Aurora," she said with a smile, and saw her friend come back from wherever the far-away place she'd gone to had been. "I'm sure they don't serve things so fine in the castle itself." Aurora waved her hand. "It's just humble food," she said, blushing, and Yarrow saw her guess had been correct: Aurora handled the food menu herself. "Well it's the best recipe for humble food as I've ever tasted," Yarrow said, and Aurora blushed deeper. She smiled more that day, and Yarrow didn't see the melancholy pass her face again. The next day was spent much the same, except Dion was in all day and Aurora out running her errands, so Yarrow spent her day talking and flirting. Jules had come by briefly to tell them the time of the funeral the next mornin

