The door opens into a front hall that Jim might find familiar. Not that Matilda knows that.
"Hello Jenny," she calls as soon as she shuts the door. "I brought Jim!"
After a few seconds of silence, Miss Honey appears from the direction of the kitchen.
...If she were going to be perfectly honest, she would have to admit that she didn't fully expect there to be a Jim. It shows in the way she looks at him at first—with some of the same scrutiny she gave the floating water jug—before she smiles in welcome.
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The door opens into a front hall that Jim might find familiar. Not that Matilda knows that.
"Hello Jenny," she calls as soon as she shuts the door. "I brought Jim!"
After a few seconds of silence, Miss Honey appears from the direction of the kitchen.
...If she were going to be perfectly honest, she would have to admit that she didn't fully expect there to be a Jim. It shows in the way she looks at him at first—with some of the same scrutiny she gave the floating water jug—before she smiles in welcome.
"Hello, Matilda. And... hello, Jim."