The grateful look and words were all Rose needed. Her worries were thrown off at once and Rose felt so light she could swear she was bouncing with every step as she closed the distance between herself and her friend. Not even Andrew's antics could trouble her in that moment.

She moved her basket to her other arm, and slipped her free arm round Pearl's elbow. "Congratulations on your marriage, by the way."

Rose hadn't liked it at all when she had read about it, even less so for the way her friend was dragged through the mud. But whatever her feelings about the whole affair, for now, she was just happy to have rekindled a friendship. "Which way?"