Vanessa quite liked his smiles, actually, perhaps for that very reason. They often looked like something he wasn't used to, or made for, and that made the genuine ones more precious. "Hopefully it shan't disappoint." The Midland Grand now loomed a little way down the street, as Gothic a residence as Vanessa had been able to find.

She wanted to ask about Yves's experiments, the ones he had mentioned, but she thought that it might be better to wait until they were in private.