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He interrupted her smoothly. ‘Well, no, perhaps not just yet—I’m rather in the position of a child who having marked down the nicest cake on the plate for his own, hopes desperately that no one else will want it.’ He smiled at her, a slow, sweet smile which made her gulp. ‘Probably it makes him over-possessive towards it.’Philomena had never been likened to a piece of cake; she supposed it was a compliment.

His blue eyes, as blue as his grandson’s, raked her from head to foot. ‘No looks, lovely eyes, pretty figure…going to marry her, Walle?’‘Yes,’ said WallePhilomena took her green gaze from the old gentleman’s face and looked at the doctor, who was standing there smiling at her as though he hadn’t uttered a single preposterous word.

12/11-16/16 Ah, what a relief after the last three B.N.'s! Loved this one. Sweet, likable characters, and no really big, annoying misunderstandings (that I can remember), just a very cute, funny, and enjoyable book. 4.5/5 stars.