Early Friday morning, Flora was surprised to find that Megan, who had arrived travel-worn the day before, looked quite well at the breakfast table. Flora even thought she had become prettier overnight.
Megan and Audrey did not appear together at breakfast that day. Instead, Megan quietly sat beside Angelina and ate breakfast. In response to Flora's question, Megan said naturally:
"The rooms on this ship are very comfortable, and the late night snacks they provide are plentiful. Audrey and I haven't enjoyed ourselves like this in a long time."
"You even had an extra late night snack last night?"
"Yes, with Galina. She generously shared her seat with us."
The Duchess, who had no desire to pay her any attention, did not respond at all. Megan therefore smiled at Shade and said:
"Shade had some late night snacks with us as well."
However, she still wanted to keep that secret, so she said no more. Illustrious Miss, who understood their conversation, glanced at Shade. Though she did not monitor everyone's rooms, she still knew who had spent the night where.
Shade, meanwhile, sat at the head of the table pretending not to hear them, still focused on feeding the cat. But the steaming eggs from last night really had been delicious.
"It's already Friday. Perhaps Emilia will be back by evening and can sit at the table with us to tell us about her adventures."
Those words were not spoken by Shade, but by Angelina during breakfast. Of course, Shade had been thinking much the same thing.
After breakfast, he prepared to visit the Bennett Family's youngest son. Though "visit" was not quite the right word, since the child was even younger than Vanessa was now. "Check on" might have been more appropriate for seeing such a young boy.
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