She's too clumsy!

Oz, despite having his little adventure stopped abruptly, was nevertheless content with the huge progress he had made on Maria. He seated himself in a good mood at the single chair spot by the table. It was a rather large square table surrounded by ten chairs, four aligned in mirrored rows around it and two at each end of it. Juan was to his right, while the children were seated after him, filling up the whole right side of the table.

Maria who was bringing the food and some boards to put the pans on was rather quick on her feet. She seemed almost stressed as she put down all of the things. She realised there were not enough dishes and cutlery on the table so she was about to hurry back to the kitchen, but Oz stood up and politely offered her the chair left to him by pulling it out. She did not know what to expect, but was somewhat calm for now and sat down without having too many second thoughts.

Oz went to the kitchen and came back with some additional plates and cutlery for the kids mostly. He noticed that Juan was looking oddly at his wife. They were talking in Spanish, so Oz did not understand much of it at first, but as he returned, Juan quickly said:

“Ah, master Oz, no worry. I just tell wife not panic so much. She in hurry so much. Her hair and dress are all ruffle. It funny, but unusual.”

Maria was embarrassed but did not rebuke to anything.

“Ah, I see. Don’t worry, it does not matter if her hair and dress are a bit untidy, until she does her job well! And, honestly, your wife looks beautiful either way.”

Juan did not understand too much but responded with “Thank you. Thank you.”