“What if we’ve come all this way for nothing?” I ventured at last, just as Simon was getting up to go to his room. Simon smiled his slow smile, the one that had surprised me with its sweetness the first time I saw it. “I wouldn’t say nothing. At least, not for me. After all, you let me read your novel.” I tried to damp down my smile of delight. Good heavens, what an egotist I must be if this was the way to my heart!
