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He was right They were co into each other’s eyes Jane noted that Amelia seemed fluster-free for the first ti, they were doing a hty fine job

"You think it’s real" said Jane

"It is not right to watch"

"If we don’t watch, ill? Seems a shame to waste the moment with no audience to witness it"

Their lipslines? OrCaptain East leaned forward, Amelia tilted her head back Her hand treently It clearly wasn’t enough, and he seized her She wrapped her ared beyond distinction in the darkness It looked pretty serious, the kind of affection those two e ait started to feel like voyeurise East the man? The actor? Could she? What would happen to her heart when she left Peree part," she said

Jane and Mr Nobley walked back to the house in silence, the air around the confessions of love and first kisses can be enchanting when you’re with someone comfortable, soh about it and feel cozy and re it with Mr Nobley was like having a naked-in-public dream

"It’s only natural to confuse truth and fantasy as they play parts in a theatrical," said Jane "They start to feel as their characters would"

"True Which is one reason why I was hesitant to engage in this frivolity I do not think pretending so that we agree on so But do you think, in their case anyway, do you think those feelings could run deeper?"

Mr Nobley stopped He looked at her "I wondered the same

"I suppose it’s possible"

"It’s more than possible They reside in compatible stations in life, they have like minds, their sentiments seem suited to each other"

"You sound like a textbook onin love over a script, do you think they have a chance?"

Mr Nobley frowned and rubbed his sideburns briskly with the back of his fingers "II knew Captain East in the past when he loved another woes, her cruelty broke him He was a shell for some time If you had asked me last month if another woain, I would have said that no man can recover froain, that romantic love is not air or water and one can live without it But now" He breathed out He had not looked away froin to think, yes Yes"

"Yes," she repeated The h listening in, breathless for as next

"Miss Erstwhile"

"Yes?"