After that we’re with the Trelawneys at Mount’s Bay for the whole month of July. I don’t know why you’re looking so surprised, Devon; I wrote you all of this in my last letter.” “I remember perfectly, Mother, and I’m not in the least surprised.” He kissed Lady Elizabeth’s cool pink cheek, smiling fondly into skeptical eyes the same blue-green as his, then turned to his other guest. “Alice, how good to see you. And how brave of you to agree to such a long sojourn in the country with my mother. But I always knew you had courage.” “Hah,” was his mother’s answer to that. “Hello, Devon,” Lady Alice Fairfax greeted him, shaking hands warmly. “How are you? It’s been a long time.” “Yes, it has. Thank you for your last letter. I had not gotten around to answering it yet because things have been rather hectic this summer—” “Never mind, I never write to you expecting a reply. I do it to keep in touch.” “I’ll do better in the future, I promise.”
