Looking for Zara
Gabrielle has been Thinking, and Thinking invariably results in Ideas. And since in this case, someone else is needed in order to execute this Idea, Gabrielle packs up a basket with strawberries, fresh bread (of Miz Deliverance's making) and several packets of chocolate, and starts walking. By the time she reaches Zara's door she is a little wilted from the heat -- dress sticking to her, strands of hair falling from their pins to hang limply in her face -- but her good mood is undiminished. She knocks and waits patiently, admiring the trees and imagining their branches painted on fans.