Much amused, Lysander grinned down at her in the Great Hall. ‘No, and then you used the money for something else!’
‘Did I?’ Ophelia was very much disconcerted by that information. ‘Oh, that’s right-I gave the money I owed you to the vicar for the church roof fund.’
‘It was still the best investment I ever made, Mrs Metaxis.’
‘Lysander’s my hero!’ Haddock carolled on cue from the corner, carefully coached as he had been to react to the name Metaxis with what Ophelia deemed to be a more socially acceptable response.
Unfortunately, Lysander had proved less impressed than she had hoped.
‘Well, you are my hero,’ Ophelia pointed out, leaning against her husband and gazing up at him from below her lashes with a look of unashamed admiration and contentment. ‘I love you very much.’
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