It will not be good to marry such a female. Hexagram 44: Kau The I Ching Book of Changes ‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ exclaimed Phryne with Alice. There was a Wonderland feel to this house, cut off by its great wall, supplied with a secret passage, and populated by entirely too many gnomes. She left the lid of the box open and invited Mr Bell over to sit with her by an inclination of the head which stronger wills than his would not have been able to resist. Mr Bell did not try. He dropped a strand of couch grass into a trug and wiped his hands on his apron as he walked. A good-looking young man, or he had been, before getting burned. Phryne wondered how extensive the burns had been, how they had happened, and how he had adjusted to the world after the war. He walked easily. ‘Shall I ask for some tea, Miss Fisher?’ ‘Not for me, thanks. I’ve just breakfasted. They create a lovely effect in the sun, those blue and white Della Robbias.’ ‘I’ve arranged the brighter ones in the shade,’ he answered.
