The sky on the street was gradually darkening.
After seeing Morris off and tidying up the ground floor shop, Duncan finally found time to discuss with Nina what her teacher had mentioned during the home visit.
After all, this was actually the main reason for Mr. Morris's visit today—although the two of them had gotten off-topic eventually.
"Have you not been resting well recently, or are you not feeling well?" At the dining table on the second floor, Duncan asked with concern as he spread butter on a slice of bread, "I heard from your teacher that this has been going on for several days now."
Nina was clearly nervous. She had guessed that her teacher would bring up these issues today, but until recently, she had never thought that her Uncle Duncan would really start to pay attention to her situation at school—a feeling of being cared for after a long absence, yet also uneasy, was spreading in her heart: "It's just that I've been feeling... sleepy."