She added almost sternly,
“Do you really want to go back to the North and meet no one and see nobody of any importance? It cannot be very amusing in Barrowfield or whatever it is called.”
She saw the expression on Torilla’s face and put her arms around her.
“I love you, Torilla. I want you to be married and then we can both have fun together. I have really missed you these last two years.”
“And I have missed you,” Torilla said truthfully.
“Then marry somebody quickly,” Beryl admonished, “so that we can move in the same Social world. Arkley is not a bad catch and other men like him, which is important.”
She smiled and her eyes were twinkled as she added,
“And far safer than if it is women, which is my problem!”
Torilla had laughed at that, she could not help it.
Beryl kissed her ch
