Chapter SevenPepita was saying ‘goodnight’ to Jeanie, who put her arms round her neck.
“I love you, Aunt Pepita,” she said. “And I love being here in this beautiful big Castle.”
“You are happy, darling?” Pepita asked.
“Very very happy!” Jeanie answered. “And tomorrow I am going to learn to dance a reel!”
Pepita kissed her and then stood looking down at her as her eyes closed slowly and she knew that by the time she left the bedroom Jeanie would be fast asleep.
She was saying ‘goodbye’ to someone who meant so much to her that she could hardly bear to think that she would never see Jeanie again, at least until she was very much older.
She tried to put the thought from her as she went from Jeanie’s room to Rory’s, finding him sitting up in bed reading a book.
“This is very interesting,
