Jon glanced at the clock. “I don’t think so.”
I returned to Blitz. “Master Diamond and I will wait until after tea-time to go. You stay with your wife. Rest. We’ll get the girls settled and dinner ready.”
“Are you certain?”
“I am. And if Master Diamond wishes to do this another time, so be it. You and Mary are more important than some outing.”
Relief crossed his face. “Thank you, Mrs. Spadros.”
“But I’ll probably need the key to let the girls in.”
He chuckled, taking it from his pocket and handing it back. “I suppose you will.”
I put the key in my pocket and went back to the parlor, leaving the door to the hall open. Jonathan still stood by the sofa. “Jon, can we go after tea? I don’t want to leave them alone here.”
Jon’s eyebrows rose, his head drawing back a bit. “Of course. It m
