Evangeline smiled awkwardly as she accepted the cigarette. "It's all right," she said. "I am hard to offend," she added lightly, trying to put the other woman at ease.

Lighting her cigarette with the end of her wand, Eva took a long drag before turning back to ask, "Miss Crawley--is it still Miss?" She didn't think she'd heard anything to contrary, but in fairness, aside from regularly reading notices in the paper, Eva wouldn't have had much call for knowing that sort of thing. "Are you here to support the bride or the groom?"

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