"He certainly could not. You'll fetch another conveyance at once!" "Yes ma'am." The driver looked sulky at being addressed thus by a woman much younger than him, whom (perhaps because of where he'd picked them up), he seemed to think was of no better station than he, just another of his master's ...
Silverberg — Shel — sat at the kitchen table, a cup of fresh, hot coffee held between his hands. He stared thoughtfully at the table. Except for when he watched Ellie. She moved with careful precision around the kitchen, trying not to stare at her guest. He wore her overla...