Sophie noticed with dismay that the colour in his cheeks had begun to fade and knew it wouldn’t be long before his logical mind began to apply itsel... to the mystery of her spinsterhood. ‘I don’t quite see why you’re so interested in so trifling a matter,’ she said, affecting a yawn and watching his reaction through lowered lashes. ‘If it’s so trifling, why not just tell me?’ ‘Perhaps because I barely remember it.’ Which was a lie. She remembered that day vividly. It had happened in this. He moved kind of funny when he coughed, and from the look on Alice’s face, she must have noticed the movement too.“So are we going to eat any of those fish tonight or are we saving them for the morning?” Alice asked.“I’m going to clean these ones and put them in the cooler. We’ll eat the fish that we catch in the morning. Sorry, I forgot that you two don’t like fishing. So I guess we can eat them in the morning.” Grandpa said.“I’ll try fishing with you in the morning Grandpa. It sounds like. Do you know what you'll be having, or would you like to hear the specials this evening?”“I think we're ready to order,” says Carrie, her brunette hair framing her face perfectly, and bringing attention to her wide smile and hazel eyes.Elise takes Carrie's order first, then her cousin Melinda's, and finally, their friend David's, before turning to another table. As she walks away, Carrie and Melinda notice that David can't stop staring at Elise, and who can blame him, especially as she bends. This did explain to Gazza why some of the steps humans had taken on Earth hadn’t happened here, while others had.The lack of small steam or combustion engines was one step missed but they did rely on electricity, thanks to the crystals. They had plumbing and knew about boilers and furnaces. They practised basic manufacturing processes, so they were not totally devoid of progress.If there was a list of happy magical users on this island, Nat, Gazza and Bette and their flickers would have been at.