03-11-2022, 07:07 PM
The maid Tobias missed the spite in those words, probably because he liked things to stay the same and didn't see the harm in it. He looked around. "Yes..." he replied. What else was there to say? He had already mentioned Bess, already asked about Leeds, already asked what he was here for. That exhausted the list of relevant topics of conversation with his brother he could come up with.
He didn't have to suffer the silence for long. Alice came down the stairs, followed by her sister. He rose, "Ah, may I introduce ye to my wife, Alice. Alice, this is my brother, Nathan."
He didn't have to suffer the silence for long. Alice came down the stairs, followed by her sister. He rose, "Ah, may I introduce ye to my wife, Alice. Alice, this is my brother, Nathan."