Her comment was so out of character, so far from what he knew of her, Lord Linglithgow just stared at her open mouthed. His brain formulated no thoughts other than to register that he was shocked. He closed his mouth, then looked at his toes before glancing back up to catch her eye. "I think I'll go now," was all he could say. Hugh had never seen his father so dumbfounded and moreover he had never seen him behave as if he had no words to speak. But Medusa would have that effect on anybody which was apparently clear now.
Once he was out of the room and out of earshot, Hugh looked at Medusa and said,” I have never seen anyone being able to make my father speechless and then go out of the room in one single sentence.”
“Ah! But that is not true, mortal. Your grandmother could,” said medusa a
