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“Toward dawn, the wind had changed around, and clouds had rolled over, pillowy and gray, with that dull orange tinge that usually warns of impending snow.
‘I thought you might want to come back to bed,’ she told him, smiling at him over her second mug of herbal tea.
‘For sure – well, yes,’ he said, although he could feel that his own smile was tight and defensive. ‘But maybe later. I don’t want to get myself caught out in a blizzard.’ ‘Well, your loss, lover,’ she shrugged. ‘But you know that you’re more than welcome, any time.’ Her pink silky robe was open at the front so that he could see she was wearing nothing underneath, only a shiny silver pendant like a gibbous moon.
He went through to the hallway and pulled on his boots. As he was buttoning up his coat Isobel came out of the kitchen and said, ‘By the way, I’m having some friends around this afternoon. Just a little social get-together. I hope you’re going to join us.’ ‘OK. Fine. What else would I be doing?’ ‘I don’t know.
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