Summary

Jeffrey is morose once they escape the dinner party, calling it the worst party ever. Skye agrees and Rosalind blames part of it on the fact that they had upset his mother. Jane retrieves the gifts they bought him and for a moment, he forgets about the future. Hound had eaten the card, they explain. Rosalind and Jane give him a book of famous conductors and their orchestras; Skye gives him a camouflage hat like hers and Batty gives Jeffrey her favorite framed photograph of Hound.

They hear music and creep quietly along the veranda until they see Mrs. Tifton and Mr. Dupree, dancing a waltz above. Jeffrey tries to show Skye how, revealing he’d taken lessons, but it works better when he tries with Rosalind. They almost get caught when Jane and Batty tumble over a flower pot, but...