“The Dream Thief” – Catherine Webb

I am such a word geek! Case in point: From beyond the voice a younger one, that of a child, said, "Oi! Miss Lin! I think he's fallin' asleep again!" The green-eyed woman let out a weary sigh, "I am tormented," she complained, "by evolutionarily inhibited companions who fail to appreciate the concept of 'lingering...