Chapter 27 Chapter Twenty Seven

About a month later, Herb.Gotabbe left England to face police questioning in Nashville, Tennessee, to clarify what happened to the $2,000 that Mrs. Kingsley donated to him to build a church. On the same day he sailed away—though neither side was aware of the other's actions—Erica invited a dinner party at Stein, "Taste of what's done?," when she invited Grant to his face. To put it bluntly, the only new addition to the audience was Robert Tisdor, and Grant felt relieved to find that she was still the same as when he first met, with a little powder on her nose and a childish dress on her body. He was still worried that after she came into contact with a handsome and tormented young man like Robert Tistor, she might start to pay attention to her own dress and behavior, and officially declare the end of her childhood. But it seems that she has not Anything made Erica feel uncomfortable. She was still treating Tistor in the same matter-of-fact manner as when she had told him that his shirt collar was too tight. Grant saw Sir George's cheerful eyes gliding over the two of them with interest. Slipping back and forth. Their eyes met, and the two raised their glasses in the same mood, congratulating each other lightly.

"Are you toasting?" Erica said. "I'm coming too. I wish Robert the best of luck in California!" Everyone enthusiastically drank the cup. "If you don't like that farm," Erica said, "I can buy it from you when I'm twenty-one." "Do you like that life?" His tone was eager. "Of course I would." She turned to Grant and began to speak to him. "There is still a long time until you are twenty-one, you must come and see first." Robert insisted. "Yes, that's good too." She was sincere, but absent-minded. "Mr. Grant," she never called him Inspector for some reason, "would you like to come with me to the Christmas circus if I could get tickets from Mr. Mills?"

Her face blushed faintly, as if she felt that this request was too straightforward.This was a rarity for Erica, who was straightforward by nature and never knew it. "Of course, I will," said Grant, "and with great pleasure." "Okay." She said: "That's it." She raised her glass and said: "Christmas in Olympia!" "Christmas at Olympia!" Grant said.