Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page106 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n In order to stress his name, KristalClear quickly decides to walk to the kitchen, and says, \u201cMaman<\/em>, I\u2019ll put the kettle on. You sit down and chat with Dave <\/em>and I\u2019ll be back in a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n She reaches the kitchen door, looks back, tries tuning in on the wavelength again, and seems to detect something faint, or perhaps she\u2019s imagining it?<\/p>\n NutJob is pleading, something like, \u00ab don\u2019t leave me alone with her. \u00bb<\/p>\n Calmly KristalClear says, \u201cis Papa<\/em> home yet? I\u2019ll make a pot of tea for all of us,\u201d and she vanishes from sight!<\/p>\n \u201cShe thinks you\u2019re rather sweet you know!\u201d says Mme. Troyes, \u201cand she says they call you NutJob<\/em> at school! Do you really carry everything in your pencil case?\u201d<\/p>\n Trying to sound nonchalant, NutJob surprises himself with a half decent response.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything? Well, lots of handy things anyway!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd tweezers? Kristal told me about the tweezers and the day she got a splinter from the desk.\u201d<\/p>\n Enthusiastically, Mme. Troyes continues to tell NutJob the story he already knows.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd how you gave them to her, and she couldn\u2019t get the splinter out by herself. And then how you held her hand still, so gently and calmly and \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOh Maman<\/em>!\u201d exclaims KristalClear, stepping back into the front room.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 and you drew out the tiny wooden splinter, effortlessly, first time.\u201d Mme. Troyes pauses. \u201cShe said your hands were so calm. That you have craftsman\u2019s hands. Small, perfectly formed just like \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMaman<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n The door opens.<\/p>\n \u201cDarling, I\u2019m home. Oh hello! You must be Dave? Henri Troyes. Call me Henry. Makes life easier for everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHow do you do?\u201d says NutJob, remembering his best manners.<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page106 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page106 \u2013 Next In order to stress his name, KristalClear quickly decides to walk to the kitchen, and says, \u201cMaman, I\u2019ll put the kettle on. You sit down and chat with Dave and I\u2019ll be back in a moment.\u201d She reaches the kitchen door, looks back, tries tuning in on the wavelength … Continue reading “Chapter 14 The French Pirate106”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions\/1481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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