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She continued hu as she moved from room to rooh "Would youme the reason why you're so happy, sister?"

"Didn't Skori tell you?" Mericlou said, suspecting that he ht actually have blurted the information to Sedriil -as remote as the chance was Still, the way her little brother posed the question

"He didn't have to," Sedriil replied

Mericlou gasped "You ical way that anyone could not have known," he said, and grinned "With your uncharacteristic inco work yesterday, co my way in the last feeeks, it's obvious that you are in love"

"I guess I can never pull one over on you, can I?" Mericlou said, shaking her head at her own obtuseness Of course Sedriil would be the one to guess it first; he was, after all, the most astute of her fa would not have gone down that avenue," Sedriil re in front of the door last evening"

"Oh od! You saw that?" Mericlou squeaked She nearly dropped the watering bucket Her face was flushed in utter mortification

"Don't be upset," Sedriil said "It's nothing to be elad for you It took long enough, but you've finally come to terms with how you feel about each other"

"No, it's not that," Mericlou said, and then clasped Sedriil on both of his ar intently into his "Tell, me, brother, did anyone else in the house see what happened?"

"No," Sedriil said after a ht, and then corrected himself "Wait Now that you mention it, Noroa saw it too I went to the door after I heard soht beside me She was more surprised than I was, of course, but-"

"Did Alaema see it?" Mericlou said, her voice tense with dread

"No, she didn't" Sedriil replied in a more certain tone than after the first question "She was in the kitchen when it happened, and didn't hear us talking At least, I don't think she did"

"Listen, Sedriil," she said, relieved but wary "Not a word of this to Alaema, okay? I'll tell Noroa and Garen as well"