Sachi ate her sweets one at a time slowly but not as slow as Amelia. "So have you thought of an engagement gift for Gabriel yet?"
"I have. I have been working on a handkerchief. I am embroidering it slowly each day but I think that tonight or tomorrow I might be able to finish it. Is there something that you two would like to do this evening other than homework?" Amelia eats the next bite while blushing.
"I want to see your embroidery work! Please, Amelia, you cannot drop that on us and not show us your work of art!" Ami jumps up and moves to Amelia's side giving her the puppy dog eyes.
"Ami, before that you need to finish the embroidery homework. That assignment is due in the morning and that is one of the reasons you wanted to come here." Sachi deals a killing blow and watches as Ami withers and becomes a sad puppy.
"Embroidery homework? Is that different from the one that I handed in?" Amelia takes another bite then feeds a bit to Ami.
“Youth's lost companion may be the measured friend of old age, I hope", said Daniel. "I may write a poem on the subject."
"Dear God, it sounds more like a cross-stitched pillow than a poem," said Hugh.”
― helen simonson, The Summer Before the War