Luna reached for Rose before Felicity had a hand free to hug her. For a few moments there was nothing to do but let the three of them get tangled together in the middle of the yard. When Frost wanted up as well, Rose bent low enough to let him put his arms around her neck without waiting for anybody to lift him. The man behind her squatted to gather up her papers and twice had to snatch one from under somebody's boot.
"I've been setting too many places at supper," Felicity told her, still holding on around the children. She'd been going to say she missed her. What came out made Rose look at her with such affection that her nose started to sting.
"Have you got food to go on all the plates?" Rose asked. Felicity nodded into her shoulder. "Good. You can save me one tonight. I'll bring something worth sitting down for. You can stop blowing your nose on my shirt any time you're ready."
