No Greater Pleasure (2010)
“From the sacred to the mundane, dozens of volumes graced the shelves. While all of them were bound in fine leather, with expensive paper, many were in disrepair. All of them were dusty. Today, Quilla had decided to begin the task of ordering them.
“Good morning, my lord,” she said when he entered the room.
She left the shelves and pulled the kettle from the fire just as it began to whistle, poured the hot water into the pot, and took the napkin off the basket of fresh-baked scones she’d... brought with her from the kitchen.
“How do you do that?”
She paused in buttering the scone. “Your pardon?”
Delessan slid into his chair and waved at the teapot. “How do you know when to put the water on so it’s ready the moment I walk out the door? ’Tis been two morns in a row.”
“Shall we make a game of it? See how many times I can do it?”MoreLess
“Good morning, my lord,” she said when he entered the room.
She left the shelves and pulled the kettle from the fire just as it began to whistle, poured the hot water into the pot, and took the napkin off the basket of fresh-baked scones she’d... brought with her from the kitchen.
“How do you do that?”
She paused in buttering the scone. “Your pardon?”
Delessan slid into his chair and waved at the teapot. “How do you know when to put the water on so it’s ready the moment I walk out the door? ’Tis been two morns in a row.”
“Shall we make a game of it? See how many times I can do it?”MoreLess
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