if she 'd learned nothing else over the past few days , it was that her lunatic aunt was nothing if not freaking persistent . he put his head back and stared at the ceiling , at the dancing shadows thrown up by the fire . she 's quite a hand at that sort of thing . ' she recognized the top photograph as the fifth one , the one that had been over the bed . the prince and i shouted at the same time . a chance to meet with a scholar was always welcome . 