Paradise Lost Continued, 1.9
"Hip, hip, hoorah! Hip, hip, hoorah! Hip, hip, hoorah," they cheer, clinking their glasses together. They've finally gotten around to thanking Marguerite. They really just want to let off some steam and drink a little. Marguerite knows that's really why they're doing this.
Nevertheless, she allows herself to be flattered. She smiles...really smiles, "I just did what any of you would have done." She looks at Summerlee's kindly, smiley face.
He smiles back, and sitting down with the rest of the group. He addresses himself to Veronica, "I am so sorry we didn't find your parents, my dear."
"I'm not," the blonde replies, touching her mother's necklace. "To have found them in that horrible place....it would have been worse than not finding them at all."
Challenger refills Malone's glass with wine. "We'll keep trying," Malone said, consolingly.
Summerlee chuckled, "It's a pity we didn't think to take some of that fruit with us."
"Imagine what science could have done with it," Challenger sighed,
Nevertheless, she allows herself to be flattered. She smiles...really smiles, "I just did what any of you would have done." She looks at Summerlee's kindly, smiley face.
He smiles back, and sitting down with the rest of the group. He addresses himself to Veronica, "I am so sorry we didn't find your parents, my dear."
"I'm not," the blonde replies, touching her mother's necklace. "To have found them in that horrible place....it would have been worse than not finding them at all."
Challenger refills Malone's glass with wine. "We'll keep trying," Malone said, consolingly.
Summerlee chuckled, "It's a pity we didn't think to take some of that fruit with us."
"Imagine what science could have done with it," Challenger sighed,