A laugh, light and brittle, chimed through the room. The window rattled in its frame.

"Mr. Penhaligon?" she asked. "I thought you were flying out this morning. You... you look wonderful. Have you had work done?"

He looked toward the mezzanine, the curved balcony of dark mahogany where she had once stood to watch the parties below. He waited for the rustle of silk, the flash of auburn hair, the gentle sigh that usually greeted his arrival.

There was only one thing left to do.

"I am taking the memory of you," Arthur shouted over the wind that had picked up inside the sealed room. "But I am not taking you ."

Arabella: Rose Stay [2021]

A laugh, light and brittle, chimed through the room. The window rattled in its frame.

"Mr. Penhaligon?" she asked. "I thought you were flying out this morning. You... you look wonderful. Have you had work done?"

He looked toward the mezzanine, the curved balcony of dark mahogany where she had once stood to watch the parties below. He waited for the rustle of silk, the flash of auburn hair, the gentle sigh that usually greeted his arrival.

There was only one thing left to do.

"I am taking the memory of you," Arthur shouted over the wind that had picked up inside the sealed room. "But I am not taking you ."