title: What Did It Mean?
author:  Angela Thirkell 
description: Angela Thirkell was born in London in 1890. Mrs. Thirkell did not begin writing novels until her return to Britain in 1930; then, for the rest of her life, she produced a new book almost every year until her death in 1961.
zlib_text: **“YOU’VE BEEN STUDYING ME, NARI?”**
  
  She met his gaze without flinching. “Of course.”
  
  He didn’t like that. Not at all. She wasn’t even trying to be coy or discreet.
  “I’m sure your HDD handlers appreciate that.”
  
  She rolled her eyes. “They’re your handlers, too. I’ve never hidden the fact
  that I would’ve disbanded the team if you had gone off the deep end, and
  you’ve been right on the edge several times. But you can’t say I haven’t
  helped, or even been loyal.”
  
  True. Most shrinks would’ve shut down the team the first time they saw the dog
  drunk or Wolfe with a kitten sleeping in his jacket pocket.
  
  “Enough,” he barked, the sound echoing around the room as he fought her
  stubbornness and his raw desire. “For once, tell me the truth, Zhang. Why the
  hell are you with this sad little group of agents nobody else wants? We really
  can’t be that large a threat to the HDD.”
  
  She drew back. “It doesn’t really matter, does it? We’re both here and have a
  job to do, unless you go off the deep end a