The little girl looks around, blushes when she sees Wolfwood smiling at her.

"Something like that," he answers for her, when she seems too shy to say it herself. "Melanie's been here for almost six months. She's a big help."

That's too much for her, and she hides her pleased pink face behind a chair as Sister Francis bustles out, carrying a huge pot that steams deliciously.

"It's nothing much," she says, apologetically, ladling out the stew onto bowls of rice, "but it's hot. Will you be staying over, Father?"

Wolfwood shakes his head. "Not tonight. We both have business to take care of."