Another productive day for me and I have a snippet. :D
Illya waited until he was out of sight and then opened it. White clouds of steam preceded him and Mrs. Waverly laughed. “You know how to make an entrance, Mr. Kuryakin.”
“I do my best. It’s hard with Napoleon around. May I help you, Ma’am? He’s a bit indisposed at the moment.”
“Not sick, I trust?”
“Just attending to his toilet in case he bumps into Miss Lovelock again.”
“Is that the pretty girl with the horse or the sweet girl with the apron?”
“The first one.”
“I suspected as much. The reason I’m here is that I would very much like to stretch my legs. Alexander is busy studying the insides of his eyelids and I was hoping for an escort.”
Illya offered her his arm. “I would be delighted.”
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on 2020-03-11 06:07 pm (UTC)Illya waited until he was out of sight and then opened it. White clouds of steam preceded him and Mrs. Waverly laughed. “You know how to make an entrance, Mr. Kuryakin.”
“I do my best. It’s hard with Napoleon around. May I help you, Ma’am? He’s a bit indisposed at the moment.”
“Not sick, I trust?”
“Just attending to his toilet in case he bumps into Miss Lovelock again.”
“Is that the pretty girl with the horse or the sweet girl with the apron?”
“The first one.”
“I suspected as much. The reason I’m here is that I would very much like to stretch my legs. Alexander is busy studying the insides of his eyelids and I was hoping for an escort.”
Illya offered her his arm. “I would be delighted.”