By Royal Command
“It certainly helped to take his mind off the dreariness of his schoolwork, but it also made the days seem longer as he couldn’t wait to catch a glimpse of her again.
A glimpse was all that he could hope for. She hadn’t said one word to him since that first meeting. She filled his wash-basin in the mornings, but she was always gone before he was properly awake. For the rest of the time she was busy about the House. Sometimes he passed her in the corridor, or on the stairs, and she would nod at h...im and then pass quickly by. He wondered if she was avoiding him on purpose, or, as seemed more likely, she simply didn’t give him a second thought. To her he was probably just another boy.
One warm May afternoon, with the sunshine blazing through the dusty windows of his classroom and creeping across the desktop as he worked, he made a decision.
He would stop thinking about her.
After the two forty-five absence he joined the flood of boys heading down to the river over South Meadow. Ahead of him was the castle, its stones glowing honey-yellow against the blue sky, but James was so used to the view that he barely even noticed it was there.MoreLess
A glimpse was all that he could hope for. She hadn’t said one word to him since that first meeting. She filled his wash-basin in the mornings, but she was always gone before he was properly awake. For the rest of the time she was busy about the House. Sometimes he passed her in the corridor, or on the stairs, and she would nod at h...im and then pass quickly by. He wondered if she was avoiding him on purpose, or, as seemed more likely, she simply didn’t give him a second thought. To her he was probably just another boy.
One warm May afternoon, with the sunshine blazing through the dusty windows of his classroom and creeping across the desktop as he worked, he made a decision.
He would stop thinking about her.
After the two forty-five absence he joined the flood of boys heading down to the river over South Meadow. Ahead of him was the castle, its stones glowing honey-yellow against the blue sky, but James was so used to the view that he barely even noticed it was there.MoreLess
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