The boy covered his cheek and blushed almost purple, then dashed toward the house screaming gleefully that an elf-girl had kissed him. Hyandai and the...eldest girl giggled at him. "He's a silly boy." Said the girl.Hyandai nodded agreement. "All boys are silly." She said. "But they are sometimes cute."Three small cloth-wrapped bundles appeared in Harlen's hand, and he handed them to the oldest. "Here, share with your brother and sister, now." He said, and the girl took them and immediately gave. Rob Crawshay drove Matilde, Molly March and me to Bath. I had given the staff at Queen Street three weeks holiday, save Rob who would return to London the next morning after delivering us to Monmouth House.He was to have sole charge of 18 Queen Street in my absence. "You may ... err ... entertain during my absence Rob, just be discreet with your ... umm ... assignations." Discretion is my middle name, Major. Rest assured no unseemly behaviour will be seen, or even heard."I included Molly March. The floor manager grabbed one of my hands while Andrea took the other and Jennifer was doing the same at the far end of our little line. They raised our hands high in the victory salute."Congratulations, gentlemen!" crowed the manager. "Enjoy yourselves over the next several minutes. Miss Andrea, Miss Jennifer, would you please escort our winners to your studios!" Jennifer led us through the nearby door, pulling her winner behind her, followed by Andrea and then me. Behind us, applause and. ’ As one, we both looked to his laptop, perched upon the work table. ‘That’s okay,’ I said. ‘I should probably do a little studying myself. I’ll go work in the bedroom so I don’t disturb you.’ ‘Okay.’ Even though we would be within the same suite, the prospect of being in separate rooms suddenly seemed threatening. However, I went into the bedroom and retrieved a textbook, a pen, and a notepad from my backpack. I was having a very hard time focusing on my studies. My mind kept drifting to.