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“What do you like to read?”

“I usually stick to reading for work”

“How terribly boring” She shifted so she was sitting a little ood a time as any to read for fun What do you like to watch on TV?”

“I don’t watch much TV”

“Good Lord, Miles Do you have any hobbies at all?”

I stared at her “I play cricket”

Her eyebrows shot up “You do? Where?”

“At the tennis club,” I replied dryly “The cricket club Where else?”

“All right, calet your knickers in a twist” She looked away “Try that bookcase over there There’s some sports non-fiction in it, and I’ on cricket Daddy used to play when he was younger”

Of course he did

“I’ll take a look Thanks” I wasn’t particularly in the mood to read, but I didn’t want to talk to her either, so at least a book would solve the latter proble, and I hoped Gabriella would be one of those people

I browsed the shelf looking for so to interest me It took a few minutes thanks to the sheer volume of books—they needed to set up a desk and invest in some library cards kind of sheer voluland

That would do And actually sounded annoyingly interesting

I took the book over to the sofa and sat down At least the library arh light to read if I angled the book correctly

Gabriella had gone one better and was using a torch “Don’t worry,” she said, looking over at eable USB port, see?”

Right Of course it was

She was a regular little girl guide

She’d probably been a girl guide at soh