[Tightening the sash around her kimono Evelyn takes the time that comprises Harry's short walk to flutter down the stairs for a proper greeting, her patience worn thin of late and her desperation for company palpable. There could be worse associates in and around the house: last week's soldiers emptied the larder without her say-so and it was an infuriating endeavour getting them to stop by the grocer to restock things, so having a familiar face is reassuring.
When she opens the door it is with a bright, cheery smile, the consummate hostess.]
Harry!
[Having been on first name terms for nearly a year Evelyn doesn't think it too inappropriate to visit with him in this way, intent on welcoming him with all her usual ebullience. Evelyn embraces him briefly, pressing a kiss to his cheek and ushering him inside.
The house isn't in a state, but it seems to lack a great deal of the life it had when there was more than one person living in it. Evelyn's work from the museum and the charities is piled on the desk in the study, papers are scattered through the premiere parlour, but the place is otherwise spic-and-span. A sterility she feels down in her marrow.]
I was just about to put the kettle on, [she informs him, letting him shut the door and leading the way down the hall to the kitchen.] Presumably you're the new security detail.
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When she opens the door it is with a bright, cheery smile, the consummate hostess.]
Harry!
[Having been on first name terms for nearly a year Evelyn doesn't think it too inappropriate to visit with him in this way, intent on welcoming him with all her usual ebullience. Evelyn embraces him briefly, pressing a kiss to his cheek and ushering him inside.
The house isn't in a state, but it seems to lack a great deal of the life it had when there was more than one person living in it. Evelyn's work from the museum and the charities is piled on the desk in the study, papers are scattered through the premiere parlour, but the place is otherwise spic-and-span. A sterility she feels down in her marrow.]
I was just about to put the kettle on, [she informs him, letting him shut the door and leading the way down the hall to the kitchen.] Presumably you're the new security detail.