Sleepy Fox Hollow That You're hiding a little

"i'm sorry too." her voice was going to break like a bend of seaglass beneath the bow of a wave. 
for imposing on his home, for making anselm angrier, for asking so much of the hollow's resources for her daughter while all she could give now was —
"i'll let you know. what you've done for me, for us, has been — magnificent, truly. you don't need to give any more."
she shut her eyes and bent to kiss ava's forehead.