It had been a fun event, though there had been little enough time to take it all in properly – Mrs. Potts had enlisted his help for all manner of chores and errands and quick-fixes – and he was not in the habit of saying no to Daffy’s mother. But in between helping with the toy broom-making booth and carrying things, moving tables and replenishing stores of pumpkins and cider, he’d had some laughs with the Plunketts, and finally gotten to dance with Daff for a while – before it had been her turn to be pulled away.
Elias had lost sight of her some time ago, and had been milling around with a cider for a while since. He had just finished his glass, and glanced up just in time to see –
“Evangeline,” he said, in spite of himself. (But it didn’t matter how many years it had been or how rarely he encountered her now; she had been Evangeline to him once, and he had never been able to stomach thinking of her as Mrs. Rowle, then.)
He nodded at the question, but was too surprised for any kind of eloquence about it. A smile tugged up at one side, in bemusement and a touch of long-buried affection, but – she looked well. That never stopped being a relief. “I didn’t know you were here.” (He hadn’t expected to see her here, because it wasn’t exactly her expected sort of scene – but that was why she was, of course, and it was nice to think that maybe she hadn’t changed too much from the Evangeline he’d known.)
Elias had lost sight of her some time ago, and had been milling around with a cider for a while since. He had just finished his glass, and glanced up just in time to see –
“Evangeline,” he said, in spite of himself. (But it didn’t matter how many years it had been or how rarely he encountered her now; she had been Evangeline to him once, and he had never been able to stomach thinking of her as Mrs. Rowle, then.)
He nodded at the question, but was too surprised for any kind of eloquence about it. A smile tugged up at one side, in bemusement and a touch of long-buried affection, but – she looked well. That never stopped being a relief. “I didn’t know you were here.” (He hadn’t expected to see her here, because it wasn’t exactly her expected sort of scene – but that was why she was, of course, and it was nice to think that maybe she hadn’t changed too much from the Evangeline he’d known.)
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