Grace felt her heart leap. Mr. Echelon-Arnost had been nice to her before, but even in the days after their conversation she'd struggled to regain the confidence in the presence of men that she'd felt during that one conversation. She'd told herself he was just being polite, but now that he was offering to accompany her, there was a little whisper in her mind that said maybe you aren't as much a bother as you thought.
So she smiled at him. "I see no point in us going separately if we're going to the same place," she replied. She didn't think her brother would mind. Wasn't he always going on about her talking to non-relatives, anyways?
So she smiled at him. "I see no point in us going separately if we're going to the same place," she replied. She didn't think her brother would mind. Wasn't he always going on about her talking to non-relatives, anyways?
