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She hated when that happened

“Hain “Hmmmph”

“You sound,” carandmother”

Hyacinth looked up There he was, Gareth St Clair, inevitably at the reatest discomfiture And, of course, the only empty seat was next to her

“Doesn’t she, though?” Lady Danbury asked, looking up at her grandson as she thu you as my pride and joy”

“Tell erton,” Mr St Clair asked, one corner of his lips curving into ayou in her ie?”

Hyacinth had no ready retort, which she found profoundly irritating

“Move over again, Hyacinth,” Lady D barked “I need to sit next to Gareth”

Hyacinth turned to say so, but Lady Danbury cut in with, “Someone needs to make sure he behaves”

Hyacinth let out a noisy exhale and moved over another seat

“There you go, lee “Sit and enjoy”

He looked at her for a long , “You owe me for this, Grandmother”

“Ha!” was her response “Without me, you wouldn’t exist”

“A difficult point to refute,” Hyacinth murmured

Mr St Clair turned to look at her, probably only because it enabled hirandmother Hyacinth s no reaction