Charles would be bitter till kingdom come. He didn't always have to show it, that was all. Right now he was being a little self-indulgent.
"Point," he said. "Or rather half a point. Because if Camilla happened to decide on a whim she wanted cocoa, right at this moment, what do you think would happen?"
Henry would probably move heaven and earth to get her some damn cocoa, that was what.
"Still I award you an A for effort," he decided, with a sudden grin. "We have indeed wisely foregathered, and one man's dive is another man's palace. I'd take this place over Madam Puddifoot's any day." Charles didn't know Camilla had in fact gone to Madam Puddifoot's, nor that she'd taken Susan there. He just guessed it would be the kind of place Camilla would want to go. (Admittedly it would also be the kind of place Nana would want to go. But some of Camilla's prejudices had come from Nana, too -- had been in place long before Hampden.)
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"Point," he said. "Or rather half a point. Because if Camilla happened to decide on a whim she wanted cocoa, right at this moment, what do you think would happen?"
Henry would probably move heaven and earth to get her some damn cocoa, that was what.
"Still I award you an A for effort," he decided, with a sudden grin. "We have indeed wisely foregathered, and one man's dive is another man's palace. I'd take this place over Madam Puddifoot's any day." Charles didn't know Camilla had in fact gone to Madam Puddifoot's, nor that she'd taken Susan there. He just guessed it would be the kind of place Camilla would want to go. (Admittedly it would also be the kind of place Nana would want to go. But some of Camilla's prejudices had come from Nana, too -- had been in place long before Hampden.)