[ it's almost quaint how she's kitted out her modest flat in anticipation of a guest. not just any guest would receive such a welcome (or any a welcome!) but howard does indeed mean something to her. apart from him, the only person she's actively invited to her door is mister hunter and..
—and that'll be another fascinating conversation, she thinks, when the time comes.
she's left a few store-bought biscuits on the table, on a tray, and she knows they're nothing like mister jarvis's fare but they're something. adequate to have with a cup of black tea and a bizarre conversation about where they find themselves.
peggy isn't nervous when she opens the door. quite the opposite—she's relieved, pleased, happy to see his familiar face and his tragic moustache and although she never initiates hugs, she won't turn howard's down when he inevitably reaches for one.
but only after she's ushered him inside. ]
I should have known you'd turn up sooner rather than later. [ she chides—albeit affectionately. ] This whole place might as well have your monogram on it.
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—and that'll be another fascinating conversation, she thinks, when the time comes.
she's left a few store-bought biscuits on the table, on a tray, and she knows they're nothing like mister jarvis's fare but they're something. adequate to have with a cup of black tea and a bizarre conversation about where they find themselves.
peggy isn't nervous when she opens the door. quite the opposite—she's relieved, pleased, happy to see his familiar face and his tragic moustache and although she never initiates hugs, she won't turn howard's down when he inevitably reaches for one.
but only after she's ushered him inside. ]
I should have known you'd turn up sooner rather than later. [ she chides—albeit affectionately. ] This whole place might as well have your monogram on it.