[Honey]

It would have been an understatement to say the day dragged on slowly. Instead it almost pained him as the sun dropped lower and lower in the sky as though it were dark molasses dripping out of a crack along the bottom of its bottle. Since the morning mass he’d made busy with the first hour to speak to his parents. He relayed the information on what the prince desired with the utmost precision to make sure no detail was forgotten. Even so they had to leave, and he was not permitted to leave with them, and it made him feel sad and relieved at the same time. Still, he silently bided his time around both the interiors of the mansion and the luxuries of the garden while he waited for the evening to befall him