Chapter 24: Musk Plant, Part 2
An hour or two had passed when he finally finished the bulk of his work, and he pulled down what he needed to make up the tincture for which Terry had come in the first place. Stirring it all together, he carefully funneled it into a delicate-looking blue glass bottle. Placing the stopper, he slid it across the counter, bracing on his folded arms as they talked about the weather and a small soiree to which Terry had to escort a sister.
Stregoni startled when Terry abruptly reached out and caught up a stray curl of Stregoni's hair. "My sisters envy your hair, you know. 'All those copper curls' they say, going on and on. It really is - "
He paused as the door slammed open, turning around to see who had entered so noisily.
Of all the people Stregoni had thought to see today, Gilles and François were nowhere on the list.