![]() It was odd how well they seemed to fit together. “I know.” Cecilia looked down at their entwined fingers. “I want to find Thomas as much as you do.” He set the soup on the table and took her hand. ![]() I still wish to visit myself, but for now, that is enough.” She swallowed, and she wasn’t sure which of them she was trying to reassure when she said, “I will be patient.” He said that he would make inquiries at the Haarlem infirmary. “I have had time to reflect upon our meeting with Major Wilkins. “Probably not then, either,” she admitted. ![]() ![]() She waited for him to take a few more sips, then said, “You really do look better than you did at the meeting with Major Wilkins.” Then it occurred to her that he might think she was trying to talk him into taking her to Haarlem sooner rather than later, so she added, “Not well enough to head north tomorrow, though.” ![]()
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