06-15-2022, 08:28 PM
As it transpired, before she found herself an unoccupied room, she found Edward. Or rather, he found her since he rounded a corner spotted her just as she was about to enter a room and he said.
"Oh, if it isn't Miss Blacke and young Jacob. I feel that it has been sometime since I've seen the two of you."
The man frowned clearly not certain of that fact yet in the same breath making it clear her absence from the gardens had been noted. His frown deepened as his brow furrowed and then he looked up.
"Yes, I do seem to recall that it has been at least a few days since you last joined me for dinner. I enjoyed eating with you, I'd welcome your company again sometime. Bring young Jacob he is a delightful lad."
With that he offered her a smile before he seemed to lose focus once again turning to head back toward wherever he'd been going before he'd spotted her.
"Oh, if it isn't Miss Blacke and young Jacob. I feel that it has been sometime since I've seen the two of you."
The man frowned clearly not certain of that fact yet in the same breath making it clear her absence from the gardens had been noted. His frown deepened as his brow furrowed and then he looked up.
"Yes, I do seem to recall that it has been at least a few days since you last joined me for dinner. I enjoyed eating with you, I'd welcome your company again sometime. Bring young Jacob he is a delightful lad."
With that he offered her a smile before he seemed to lose focus once again turning to head back toward wherever he'd been going before he'd spotted her.