The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker
““Hullo, Percy!” Michael said at the door, sweeping his cap off his head.
“Hello, Vicar! Pleasure to see you! I assume you’re here for Alexi? He’s just gone into Athens.”
“Ah, but it’s a vicar’s duty to call upon the ladies of his congregation, and while I know you’re not a member of my Anglican parish, you’re a member of my far more exclusive assembly.”
Percy smiled. “Do come in. I daresay Mrs. Wentworth cooked up enough treats for an army.”
“And I always have the appetite of one!”
Once settled... in the sitting room and plied with the afore-mentioned delights, the clergyman was quick to the point. “I don’t suppose it’s a surprise your husband is fraught with worry. It isn’t easy, you know, for a man to deal honestly with the heart.”
Percy eyed the vicar, daring to turn the tables. “Oh?”
Michael waggled his mustache. “You’ll not get gossip out of me, young lady.”
“Fine,” she retorted. “But I’m not used to talking about my own particulars.MoreLess
“Hello, Vicar! Pleasure to see you! I assume you’re here for Alexi? He’s just gone into Athens.”
“Ah, but it’s a vicar’s duty to call upon the ladies of his congregation, and while I know you’re not a member of my Anglican parish, you’re a member of my far more exclusive assembly.”
Percy smiled. “Do come in. I daresay Mrs. Wentworth cooked up enough treats for an army.”
“And I always have the appetite of one!”
Once settled... in the sitting room and plied with the afore-mentioned delights, the clergyman was quick to the point. “I don’t suppose it’s a surprise your husband is fraught with worry. It isn’t easy, you know, for a man to deal honestly with the heart.”
Percy eyed the vicar, daring to turn the tables. “Oh?”
Michael waggled his mustache. “You’ll not get gossip out of me, young lady.”
“Fine,” she retorted. “But I’m not used to talking about my own particulars.MoreLess
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