He had come with some trepidation and a mountain of sorrow. But he’d come. Miss Sprout’s letter hadn’t let on much more than that there was a parcel or gift or something here for him, left in her care from Irene.
Thinking about Irene right now was a little like pressing on a bruise. But he had steeled himself by pretending this was just another errand, just a chore he had to get over with, just a quick bit of business in a long day – and so he had been meandering through the Evergardens, following the instructions he’d been given.
He’d found the greenhouse, just here. Elias was just weighing up whether to step inside to find somebody, or to loiter out here, when a figure quitted the greenhouse and had, in a matter of moments, collided straight with him. “Sorry!” he exclaimed, ready to apologise for being in the way when she... got a strange look in her eye. “I’m – Elias Grimstone,” he added, uncertainly. “I was looking for a Philomena Sprout...”
Thinking about Irene right now was a little like pressing on a bruise. But he had steeled himself by pretending this was just another errand, just a chore he had to get over with, just a quick bit of business in a long day – and so he had been meandering through the Evergardens, following the instructions he’d been given.
He’d found the greenhouse, just here. Elias was just weighing up whether to step inside to find somebody, or to loiter out here, when a figure quitted the greenhouse and had, in a matter of moments, collided straight with him. “Sorry!” he exclaimed, ready to apologise for being in the way when she... got a strange look in her eye. “I’m – Elias Grimstone,” he added, uncertainly. “I was looking for a Philomena Sprout...”
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3