Silver Sea
“He could be found, with his paints and easel, at various sites outdoors when the weather was fair, and while indoors Sir Blake had taken to sketching cooperative human subjects.
Huntsford Harms was extremely put out by his friend's ill-timed show of independence. While it did mean that there were always just four of them for cards and other games, so one person was not left out, it also meant that no one else could be absent, including Huntsford himself. Barely a day had passed before Blake's p...astime created the first crisis for the other guests.
"Where is Clair?" Alistair wondered as he, Huntsford, and Lucy assembled after supper at the card table in the drawing room.
Fresh candles had been lit and positioned in the round corners, the cards were prepared for whist, goblets of claret were poured, and the gentle lapping of the flames in the fireplace helped relieve the evening's damp. The only flaw in the scene was the empty fourth chair.
"I think Clair ate something that didn't agree with her," Lucy murmured, coloring.MoreLess
Huntsford Harms was extremely put out by his friend's ill-timed show of independence. While it did mean that there were always just four of them for cards and other games, so one person was not left out, it also meant that no one else could be absent, including Huntsford himself. Barely a day had passed before Blake's p...astime created the first crisis for the other guests.
"Where is Clair?" Alistair wondered as he, Huntsford, and Lucy assembled after supper at the card table in the drawing room.
Fresh candles had been lit and positioned in the round corners, the cards were prepared for whist, goblets of claret were poured, and the gentle lapping of the flames in the fireplace helped relieve the evening's damp. The only flaw in the scene was the empty fourth chair.
"I think Clair ate something that didn't agree with her," Lucy murmured, coloring.MoreLess
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