Chapter 17 book 3 is live
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The Beloved Beholding Her Beauty in a Mirror:
Temmin burst into his study Eddinday morning, full of good humor and a large breakfast, to find Teacher gazing out the window onto the lawn. His tutor flicked a glance over one shoulder, then turned back to face the window. “You look very cheerful today,” said Teacher.
“Do I?” said Temmin. “I suppose I am! I spent all day yesterday with Allis, it’s a beautiful day today, my oldest sister’s marrying a man I like and respect, and my future secretary is marrying a beautiful girl he’s loved since childhood. Matrimony’s rampant! Next thing you know, you’ll be telling me you’re getting married. What are you looking at?” said Temmin, squinting against the bright sunlight over Teacher’s shoulder. He just saw Brinnid and Sedra disappearing into the woods, but spent little time wondering why that might be of interest to anyone.
“Nothing,” said Teacher, turning away from the window. “Fen Wallek’s getting married, then.”
“Yes!” said Temmin, throwing himself down onto the green velvet couch in a happy heap. “He’s marrying Arta Dannikson, one of the downstairs maids--you know, the pretty little one with the corkscrew curls. They’re to be given Spring Cottage, wherever that is--somewhere on the grounds, but Fen talks about it as if it were Amma’s Lap.”
“Spring Cottage?” said Teacher with a frown. “A secretary in training, given one of the cottages, you say.”
“Is that a problem?”
“No,” said Teacher slowly; one long, white finger tapped on the library table. “Not a problem. Just unusual. How pretty is Miss Dannikson?”
The Beloved Beholding Her Beauty in a Mirror:
Temmin burst into his study Eddinday morning, full of good humor and a large breakfast, to find Teacher gazing out the window onto the lawn. His tutor flicked a glance over one shoulder, then turned back to face the window. “You look very cheerful today,” said Teacher.
“Do I?” said Temmin. “I suppose I am! I spent all day yesterday with Allis, it’s a beautiful day today, my oldest sister’s marrying a man I like and respect, and my future secretary is marrying a beautiful girl he’s loved since childhood. Matrimony’s rampant! Next thing you know, you’ll be telling me you’re getting married. What are you looking at?” said Temmin, squinting against the bright sunlight over Teacher’s shoulder. He just saw Brinnid and Sedra disappearing into the woods, but spent little time wondering why that might be of interest to anyone.
“Nothing,” said Teacher, turning away from the window. “Fen Wallek’s getting married, then.”
“Yes!” said Temmin, throwing himself down onto the green velvet couch in a happy heap. “He’s marrying Arta Dannikson, one of the downstairs maids--you know, the pretty little one with the corkscrew curls. They’re to be given Spring Cottage, wherever that is--somewhere on the grounds, but Fen talks about it as if it were Amma’s Lap.”
“Spring Cottage?” said Teacher with a frown. “A secretary in training, given one of the cottages, you say.”
“Is that a problem?”
“No,” said Teacher slowly; one long, white finger tapped on the library table. “Not a problem. Just unusual. How pretty is Miss Dannikson?”
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