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As she waited for them to appear, she ruminated on how far they had come and how different their lives were now.

Now, she sat in the same seat Thalia had sat in months ago and, as Thalia had done, looked on as her sisters tried on dresses. Clio herself didn’t give a fig what she wore and had told them so, but they had dragged her along anyway in order to get her opinion on their choices. There was to be a dinner, this evening, held at the town house, and her sisters had decided that new dresses were also required for that event. While Thalia and Ro had made a huge fuss about choosing their outfits for Clio’s wedding the week before (and Clio had been glad when it was all sorted), another fuss had brewed this morning. This morning, the triplets were making an impromptu visit to Liberty. Although she had not told anybody, she was longing for the wedding to be over and for married life to begin. She was unaccustomed to being the center of attention, to spending hours being pinned into a dress by a dressmaker, having a number of women stand about discussing her undergarments, making decisions on menus and terribly expensive cakes, and having her hair toyed with. It was less than a week until Clio and Edwin’s wedding day, and the occupants of 32 Belgrave Square had been in a flurry of activity for what felt to Clio like several years now, though it had only been just over two weeks since she had accepted his proposal.

It is almost as if I have her back with me once more.” Her looks in Thalia and Ro and her nature in you. You may never have known her, but she is always there. But she will be there, on your wedding day, in spirit. So proud that you have come so far, when you almost never made it into the world.

Hestia smiled as she spoke about her dearly missed sister. “And let’s not forget she had an adventurous nature, as you have,” Felix added.

“You see, Demeter always longed for a family of her own, ever since she was a little girl-for a husband and children.” “Really?” Felix had said so, of course, but she had thought he was simply being kind.īoth Hestia and Felix nodded. “Me?” Clio had been toying with the handle on the cup and it rattled noisily against its saucer now as she let it go and looked up at her aunt.