I think so, she said, but in spite of that she had still not gotten up, and Elias had considered attempting to gather the dropped matches for her but as she had made no move towards doing that or moving at all, getting her to her feet did seem like the best first step. At any rate, she had asked for help. “Of course,” Elias agreed readily, pacing forwards and leaning over slightly to extend a hand close enough for her to reach. Both hands, maybe - if she needed more steadying.
As he did this, he tried, absently, to splice together the possible sequence of events that could have seen her topple through a hedge like that with a box of matches. “I take it you weren’t... trying to set fire to the garden hedge, were you?” A jest, mostly, because she looked the furthest thing from a pyromaniac street urchin as anyone could be, dishevelled from her fall or not.
Henrietta Cartwright
As he did this, he tried, absently, to splice together the possible sequence of events that could have seen her topple through a hedge like that with a box of matches. “I take it you weren’t... trying to set fire to the garden hedge, were you?” A jest, mostly, because she looked the furthest thing from a pyromaniac street urchin as anyone could be, dishevelled from her fall or not.
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3