The Christmas Spirit (1996)
“She had been hiding behind the door to Matthew's library when he had told Ahmad his intentions, and she had suffered a great shock. Even she, an elf, knew that his affair with Faye was progressing much more rapidly than convention dictated, but she had never imagined he would think of marriage--and so soon.
She ought to have known that a man of Matthew's quick impulses and determined mind would not tarry over any decision, even a matter of the heart. He had decided that he wanted Faye, and that... was that. He would never stop to consider how few times he had actually seen her or even who she really was. Of course, if one counted the night-time visits from Trudy, he'd spoken with her twice as often as he realized; but Trudy could not tell whether those visits had played any part in his decision.
She felt a certain intimacy with Matthew at night, when he allowed himself to confide his secrets to her, an entirely different sort by day when he supposed her to be human. But never once, since they had first met, had she felt the way she had expected to feel--like a superior being, toying with a pet of challenging intelligence.MoreLess
She ought to have known that a man of Matthew's quick impulses and determined mind would not tarry over any decision, even a matter of the heart. He had decided that he wanted Faye, and that... was that. He would never stop to consider how few times he had actually seen her or even who she really was. Of course, if one counted the night-time visits from Trudy, he'd spoken with her twice as often as he realized; but Trudy could not tell whether those visits had played any part in his decision.
She felt a certain intimacy with Matthew at night, when he allowed himself to confide his secrets to her, an entirely different sort by day when he supposed her to be human. But never once, since they had first met, had she felt the way she had expected to feel--like a superior being, toying with a pet of challenging intelligence.MoreLess
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