"Lovers and Beloveds" chapter 3 ends...

...With a hangover, and tea time:

Temmin drank off the contents of an offered glass in one gulp. "Merciful Amma, that Fennows is a pain!"

"You thought Lord Fennows interesting enough to get drunk as Farr with him last night," said Jenks as he took the empty glass.

"What else was I supposed to do with him! He wouldn't leave me alone, and kept prattling on about Ellika--I think he wants to marry her, Jenks."

"So I've heard from a number of sources, sir."

"Can't let that happen," said Temmin. "I'll go straight to Harla's Hill before I'll have that man as my brother-in-law." Jenks said nothing; he put Temmin's picked-at breakfast outside the door to be taken to the kitchens, and returned to the bathroom. "Oh, don't be like this! I'm sorry, Jenks! I feel horrid, and I'm acting horrid, and I can't help it!"

"Yes, sir, you can," said Jenks. "More will be expected of you now you're an adult. Adults do not take out their petty illnesses and complaints on others, no matter how poorly they're feeling."

"Yes, they do," said Temmin. "They do it all the time!"

"Well, they shouldn't."

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