I smiled. "I understand now. But It doesn't matter and you needn't apologize. They have been very kind to me too. Even if we did differ a little about suitable dresses." He considered me a moment, a mischievous light creeping into his eyes, and said: "Was THAT the dress - that night you wouldn't come out of your room?" I grinned and nodded, and we both laughed;

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

Pieter would be pleased with the rest of the coins, the debt now settled. I would not have cost him anything. A maid came free.

Written By Tracy Chevalier

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