The interior was brightly lit, while the garden outside was shrouded in darkness.
Thus, when Victoria stood outside looking in, she went unnoticed.
It seemed Mr. Qin hadn't thought about avoiding any impropriety either.
So, Victoria began to closely observe the expressions of the people inside.
Mr. Qin was seated on a single sofa, with another middle-aged man beside him, and opposite them sat a lady and two misses. On a double sofa next to them, Hank Clegg and Matilda Murphy took their places.
The lady kept glancing at the miss beside her and then cast a smiling face toward everyone.
Matilda Murphy occasionally engaged in conversation with Mr. Qin and the middle-aged man, but Hank Clegg had a cold face throughout and rarely opened his mouth.
The gazes of the two misses seemed shy, though they occasionally looked over at Hank Clegg and Matilda Murphy.
