". Wood did think of it, and groaned aloud. “I do hope you will see how things are, and not be offended with me or frightfully shocked and distressed by what I have done. ” “Let me tell you the reason you are here. I still have a cross stitch she made for me of a little fairy sitting on a daffodil. She lifted the sheet and gestured for him to join her. “I’ve got—I have to tell you this to make myself clear—a streak of ardent animal in my composition. “Ciao, Fragolina.