Sleepy Fox Hollow mallowflower

Etienne smiled sadly. 'onestly Miss Tamar. 'e may not 'ave come anyway. 'e does not take 'is fadder leavin' well.

A grave nod. Yes it be just us. I do not wis' to leave 'im all alone and well I be 'ealer. Mind and body and soul. So i could not leave 'im.

Was he telling her or himself. HE wasn't sure. But he let more slip than he had planned. But she reminded him of his mother, perhaps she was a mother and this was why. Mother's were saints.