• I thought for an instant that I heard a small sigh coming from Nicolae, but then Beatrice bounded to his side, and if it weren’t for my good balance, she would have knocked me clean over. I brushed myself off, annoyed, and listened to their conversation.
    “Hello Nicolae! Isn’t if funny always running into you like this? Isn’t it such a beautiful day out?” Beatrice spluttered unintelligently.
    “Indeed, it is a beautiful day. You will have to excuse me. Rose and I are talking a little walk.” He said curtly.
    “Oh.” She said, obviously not happy about me being there. I was so distracted and afraid that she might ask to come with us, that I didn’t notice Nicolae taking my hand and leading us away. Snapping back to reality, I felt my face getting warmer and warmer, and I glanced slowly up and Nicolae. He was looking at me with a slightly amused expression on his face, and then he winked at me. I felt myself smiling up at him too. “Beatrice is certainly a character, isn’t she?” Nicolae asked, and I nodded in return. Secretly I was happy that Nicolae had said this, I believed that he is the kind of man that preferred personality to body in women.