Her motherknew what she was doing and why, and was amused. As had been the case with the girls, Angel found herself enjoying hermother's company. She ...asn't really there to buy anything, and shedidn't have any real plans for the evening, so she didn't feel asstressed as she often had. Her mother had her try some things on,commenting on how they would - or did -look on her. More often, shewould hold her mother's purse while watching her try on things. It wasnot exciting, but it was. ”The word had been spread to some of the other mothers, so Shelia received a number of heart-felt comments from the mothers with kids thanking her for her consideration. It seemed the more kids they had, the bigger the thank you. The closest thing I got to another thank you was one of the mothers telling Shelia that I was at least smart enough to listen to her. Shelia told me that her empathic powers detected that the mothers were all glad that I was considerate enough to call them forward. Rome, where I had been only four weeks ago, was but a dim memory. Fortunately Caroline’s face as she toppled over and fell into the drink was still available in my mind in Hi-Res. The weather was lovely for late spring and we had a chance to have ‘Sunday Morning Coffee And Something Nice’ in my back yard. I had baked a chocolate cake, which had turned out rather well. Didn’t look like much, because glazing cakes is actually very difficult, but it tasted nice. Thanks, BBC Good Food! Besides, I’d. I'd actually tried to the last time but somedays I just forgot."Nona?" Yes?" she stepped into the room."Please help our Headmistress remember to take her vitamins. She'sgoing to be just fine, but try not to let her get into any more boxingmatches with students."Of the four girls Lolly was in the worst shape since it had been threeon one. Given that my stomach still hurt I wasn't in a mood to playword games with the other three."Please keep me advised of Lolly's condition. I will see the.