Godfery Shaw was not accustomed to interacting with people, even less to having another person in the office.
Sophie could paint freely, but Godfery Shaw could not focus his attention.
He somewhat regretted agreeing to the interaction.
No matter how much she looked like Amelia, she wasn't Amelia.
Sophie didn't know that the person across from her regretted it on the very first day.
She genuinely wanted to cultivate a good father-daughter relationship and planned to paint a picture as a gift for their first meeting.
No one talked in the office; it was uncomfortably quiet.
It was so quiet that even Basil Smith felt uneasy. He hesitated again and again but still didn't disturb them.
Now that the Young Madam had returned and didn't seek out the elder master, she might be blaming him for his attitude toward Sophie over the years.