"This is wonderful, Lorn," she said cheerfully as she moved to sit down. She looked at him with a twinkle in her eye. Her shawl was then placed on the chair next to her and she smoothed her hands over her skirt. Her mouth curled upward and she reached out to touch his arm. She said, "Tis lovely. I'll have ta remember ta thank them," she chuckled and gazed at him. She was lost in the way his eyes were when he smiled, feeling herself fall out of infatuation and into something deeper every day they knew each other.

"I'm starved," she said then with a laugh, "Of course, I've been savin' up me an appetite for tonight," she said.