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"Some people have no one," Honoria said passionately

Sarah stared at her a ain "I’ about?"

Honoria looked at all of the but co inwith the three of you"

Her three cousins stared at her, momentarily nonplussed

"Don’t you realize how lucky we are?" Honoria said And then, when no one leapt to agree, she added, "To have each other?"

"Couldn’t we have each other over a gaested

"We are Sround out, "and this is e do" And then, before Sarah could offer a word of protest, she said, "You, too, regardless of your last name Your mother was a Shed – loud, long, and weary

"We are going to pick up our instru to do it with smiles on our faces"

"I have no idea what any of you are talking about," Daisy said

"I will play," Sarah said, "but I make no promises about a smile" She looked at the piano and blinked "And I aled Then her eyes lit up "I could help you"

"Pick it up?"

Iris’s grin grew positively devilish "Theis not far"

"I knew I loved you," Sarah said with a wide s plans to destroy Lady Winstead’s brand new pianoforte, Honoria turned back to theto decide which score to choose "We did Quartet no 2 last year," she said, even though only Daisy was listening, "but I’m hesitant to choose Quartet no 1"

"Why?" Daisy asked

"It’s rather fa difficult"

"Why is that?"

"I don’t know," Honoria adh to make me wary"

"Is there a Quartet no 3?"

"I’m afraid not"

"Then I think we should do no 1," Daisy said boldly "Nothing ventured, nothing gained"

"Yes, but it is a wise man who understands his limits"

"Who said that?" Daisy asked

"I did," Honoria answered impatiently She held up the score to Quartet no 1 "I don’t think we could possibly learn this, even if we had three ti to practice"