After three hours I started noticing its tardiness. No big deal as that sometimes happened. After four hours it was very noteworthy as déjà vu's are...almost never this far apart (as a multiple of the expected time), but maybe I was going to have a déjà vu with an even lower-minded Mark although I thought that event to be extremely unlikely. After five hours I was becoming worried. The previous déjà vu's had been normal; boringly so because all the Marks had reacted the same excited way. There'd. He was still smiling down at her with a wide, happy mouth, as if there had never been the slightest trace of animosity between them. His mood and portrayal of same had astonished her completely. God... could Virgin be wrong? Momentarily, a cold emptiness clutched at the pit of her belly."What about the rest of the family?" Virgin asked Rudy. "What do we tell them?" That we'll be back in a few days," the bearded man said, walking to the cupboard where the cigar box was kept. "Like, we owe them. It seemed to pound faster when I got to him closer and before I could even realize where my treacherous feet had taken me. I was already standing in front of his table. Michael looked up to me. His brown eyes seemed to be lighter at front. He broke into a smile, ‘Yes?’ At first I wondered what he was agreeing to. Did I ask him something without realizing it? ‘Miss…’ he looked at my name tag that hung on my neck, ‘Miss Lim?’ ‘Um, Andrea,’ I corrected at him impulsively. I didn’t like to be. It is indiscreet to ask a lady her age, Sarah replied, But yes, I am almost twenty and one and as father says an unmarried wench of twenty one is a sad, morose and dissatisfied one. Yes indeed, Charles agreed, But we have business to transact, do you have your robes child? he asked. Beneath my cloak, she said, All virginal white awaiting to be sullied by the vivid red! Quite so, Charles interjected, Sadly my heart is no longer able. Oh thank god, I was so frightened! Sarah gasped with evident.