C23 Stand up for

Love was in the air, you could feel it all over the castle. My father loved my mother, Stephan was still crazy about his Esther and my brother and my cousins were still courting the three sisters. To distract myself from all this, I visited Emily. Salomon, her tomcat, sat as always by the fireplace and warmed his fur. She gave me a cup of hot berry tea and I sat next to her in the rocking chair