It took him half a second to get the reference. Elias Grimstone was fairly famous, as far as broommakers went, and that was probably the only reason he did. If Grimstone had been a broommaker of middling reknown there was no way Ezra would have known it. He owned a broom (he thought? He had at one point owned a broom, and he didn't remember having gotten rid of it) but he was hardly a fanatic.
"Hanna," he explained, then thought perhaps a nickname was too familiar for the context. Rosalie would know who he meant, he thought, but maybe someone else who happened to overhear them would wonder why she was still on a first name basis with his family. So, for the sake of appearances, he clarified: "My sister. She's friends with Miss — Mrs. Grimstone," he concluded. "I'm only here to chaperone." As though there were any real trouble one could get up to at a wedding, of all the events. It was hardly a hotbed of salacious activity.
"Hanna," he explained, then thought perhaps a nickname was too familiar for the context. Rosalie would know who he meant, he thought, but maybe someone else who happened to overhear them would wonder why she was still on a first name basis with his family. So, for the sake of appearances, he clarified: "My sister. She's friends with Miss — Mrs. Grimstone," he concluded. "I'm only here to chaperone." As though there were any real trouble one could get up to at a wedding, of all the events. It was hardly a hotbed of salacious activity.
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