He and Grace were scheduled to go to Jacob and Lilly’s for dinner. He wished it might be another night, but it was a good opportunity to get out with Grace. He greeted Abel, who was playing with marbles on the floor, and smiled at Alice. Violet was nowhere about. Grace was washing cups at the sink.“You look pretty,” he said“Thank you,” she murmured. “You look dirty. You’d better hurry.”“Yes, ma’am,” Seth said. “It’ll only take me a minute.”“I could bring you some clean towels.”“Offering to assist me in my bath?” he asked.Grace shook her head at his foolery and gave a warning glance over her shoulder at Alice.“Well, bring them in then, if you please.” He headed up to their room and within a minute or two heard her stumping up the stairs on her cast.“Your towels,” Grace said when he opened the door.“Would you like to come in for a minute?” he asked.Her eyes strayed to his chest. “We’ll be late.”“Sometimes being late is worth it. Do you know how many family dinners Jacob and Lilly have arrived to flushed and late over the past months?”She shook her head.
