”She grinned at that, and he kissed her nose. “Fare you well, Susan. The downstairs maids—” She broke off. “But remember yer promise, Will—if ye see me at Seafront—Mayor’s House—and if ye’d be my friend, see me there for the first time.
Avery retired (and, he sometimes told his wife, Judy, a better one than Fatso had ever dreamed of being). Roland was out from behind the carved bear, down the steps, and into the street at once. He reached out one trembling hand and straightened it. ”Now, however, the two of them only looked at their absent, roaring friend, paralyzed with fright.
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