Story for the Day: Contrition

Here is the next part from "Tales from Frewyn: the Opera" Alasdair knows how to say he's sorry.
He said his good evenings to the commander and hastened away to the servants' quarter, passing the Cuineills' apartments and entering the tailor, where he found his wife sitting at her sewing table, appearing as beautiful as ever: the warmth of her skin summoned by the amber light from beyond the window, her golden curls illuminated by the tender glow from the lit candle beside her, her upright and...