No Theseus today, then. More was the pity. “Never mind,” Ewart agreed, opening his mouth to add do tell him hello from us, when Eugene’s urgent matter came to the forefront.
Ah, Astrild.
Neither he nor Ailsa could be surprised to call a child of theirs a free spirit, but that was not to say their children did not retain the capacity to surprise them, upon occasion. Astrild’s departure had been one of them; Ewart wasn’t certain how much her dear young husband knew.
“Ah, where indeed!” Ewart said cheerily, assuming the best - or reading the question a little wrong, one of the two. “Difficult to say, really, for they’re not really on the map out there! Though I fancy it’s somewhere near Geiranger -” although he had been about to sit down, he sprang back up to start rifling through a cabinet against the wall, stuffed full of books and papers, “- and I shall show you, if I can find my best map of Norway...”
Ah, Astrild.
Neither he nor Ailsa could be surprised to call a child of theirs a free spirit, but that was not to say their children did not retain the capacity to surprise them, upon occasion. Astrild’s departure had been one of them; Ewart wasn’t certain how much her dear young husband knew.
“Ah, where indeed!” Ewart said cheerily, assuming the best - or reading the question a little wrong, one of the two. “Difficult to say, really, for they’re not really on the map out there! Though I fancy it’s somewhere near Geiranger -” although he had been about to sit down, he sprang back up to start rifling through a cabinet against the wall, stuffed full of books and papers, “- and I shall show you, if I can find my best map of Norway...”
