Sleepy Fox Hollow Get Joanie on the phone, she'll leave us on a light

it was indeed problematic for mahler, who would have ordered wylla to stay abed at once while he caught for her all manner of fattening delicacies if she had been but an iota meeker. yet heaven had given him a bride who would never submit to the rule of man.
mahler enjoyed this, despite the exasperation then and the exasperation that seeped into his features momentarily in this moment. yet he knew better than to go to battle with wylla at this moment. and so he ate at a timely pace, smiling to himself from time over the meal.
when he had finished, the gargoyle raised his heavy head and watched her pleasantly, affectionately.