“You’ve barely been here for ten minutes and already one of you is making a scene,” Violet warns through a clenched smile.

“Sorry, mother,” the three siblings sing in unison.

“Where is Daisy?” Alastair asks a moment later, and realizes Violet has not returned with Oliver.

“Oh, don’t panic,” Violet sighs. “ She said she got a phone call from her sister. Oh, I hope she’s not avoiding me,” Violet complains.

Alastair ...