. " yes , you were . felix and i are hoarse from shouting ."
she placed a finger opn the rosette pinned to his shirt .
" lukey ..." i said , feeling the flam of jealousy ." hallo . let me see your rosette ."
lucas looked up at me ." you didn't come , mummy ." he frowned and turned back to rose .
rose read my thoughts . she could almost have said : but you took nathan . instead , she raised a cool pair of eyebrows and murmured to lucas ." have you said ballo to mummy ?"
i clasped lucas to me hard . i do not know why i did not choose to defend myself and explain to rose why i had been late ,. there was no reason to defend poppy , except , perhaps , for a curius loyalt .
rose stacked the plastic pinnic plates and mugs . she swept up the potato and stowed them in the cool bag .
" have you eaten ? there 's a sandwich left ."
" no , thank you ." my voice shook .
rose's self -command was perfect . she dusted a shard of potato chip from her finger ." now that you have turned up , i thnk perhapa i shoul;d go ." she picked up a canvas bag and hitched the handdle over her shoulder .a couple of yards away , a toddler was roaring for its mother , a posse of children was playing tag , darting between the spread rugs , and one of the teachers was telling off a sullen girl with scrggly braids ." it's a long time since i've been at a sports day ." rose pointed at the roaring toddler ."." presumably , it has a mother ? by the way ..." she hesitated ." minty , i don't know what what you'd say to this , but felix has been going you one ? i knowa source ."
" no , " i said flatly ." no kittens , no cats ."" okay , it's just that it might help felix ...."
" perhaps we shouldn't repeated this ," i said ." it 's too difficult . .i'm sorry . iever involved you with the boys ."
" how silly , minty ." suddenly an angry red patch appeared on rose's of a moment ago to someone who was serious angry .
" it can't do any harm , and i'm inteerested in them . i like them ."
"even so . roe ."
"nathan was right ."
"and what was he so right about ? what did you both conclude during your cozy chats ?"
rose stared at me , and her features hardened into acute dislike ." nothing ." she hitched the strap of her bag farther up her shoulder and walked away .
she placed a finger opn the rosette pinned to his shirt .
" lukey ..." i said , feeling the flam of jealousy ." hallo . let me see your rosette ."
lucas looked up at me ." you didn't come , mummy ." he frowned and turned back to rose .
rose read my thoughts . she could almost have said : but you took nathan . instead , she raised a cool pair of eyebrows and murmured to lucas ." have you said ballo to mummy ?"
i clasped lucas to me hard . i do not know why i did not choose to defend myself and explain to rose why i had been late ,. there was no reason to defend poppy , except , perhaps , for a curius loyalt .
rose stacked the plastic pinnic plates and mugs . she swept up the potato and stowed them in the cool bag .
" have you eaten ? there 's a sandwich left ."
" no , thank you ." my voice shook .
rose's self -command was perfect . she dusted a shard of potato chip from her finger ." now that you have turned up , i thnk perhapa i shoul;d go ." she picked up a canvas bag and hitched the handdle over her shoulder .a couple of yards away , a toddler was roaring for its mother , a posse of children was playing tag , darting between the spread rugs , and one of the teachers was telling off a sullen girl with scrggly braids ." it's a long time since i've been at a sports day ." rose pointed at the roaring toddler ."." presumably , it has a mother ? by the way ..." she hesitated ." minty , i don't know what what you'd say to this , but felix has been going you one ? i knowa source ."
" no , " i said flatly ." no kittens , no cats ."" okay , it's just that it might help felix ...."
" perhaps we shouldn't repeated this ," i said ." it 's too difficult . .i'm sorry . iever involved you with the boys ."
" how silly , minty ." suddenly an angry red patch appeared on rose's of a moment ago to someone who was serious angry .
" it can't do any harm , and i'm inteerested in them . i like them ."
"even so . roe ."
"nathan was right ."
"and what was he so right about ? what did you both conclude during your cozy chats ?"
rose stared at me , and her features hardened into acute dislike ." nothing ." she hitched the strap of her bag farther up her shoulder and walked away .
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