Oh, oh dear Ophelia seemed disappointed, but then she had only told half of the news! "Not exactly. He has asked if I would..." Nova stopped but this time not for dramatic effect, she stopped because the words she needed had abandoned her. How irregular, she couldn't remember the phrase she'd had in mind! It wasn't coming back either, to her chagrin she had to resort to a more distasteful but succinct term instead. "If I would act as a," she lowered her voice to a full whisper for the next word, "matchmaker."
