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" But she's still preoccupied with 1985 "

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[epigrammatical]

The champagne is without a doubt the better company; her ladyship's son is interesting only insofar as one shares his enthusiasm for horseflesh. Your grace would be wasted on him; indeed, I am sure that you might only gain his full attention if you were wearing a saddle and bridle.

[gettingon]

[she laughs at that, and her bright qualities are only countered by her English restrain, that cold child behind the mirth and warmth.]

I am sure he can find a woman to do just that, if he doesn't mind a fee and a bit of secrecy. then again, when has the aristocracy ever been adverse to secrecy? Should he want one to wed though, he may need to search a class or two below his standing.

[she is, then, playfully referring to physiognomy. Horse faced women indeed.]

[epigrammatical]

[Henry can't help but laugh.]

There are those who might wonder how such a flower of English womanhood might be aware of such secrets. But then I remind myself who your brother is—and I mean that entirely as a compliment.

[gettingon]

[ She matches his laugh with a little purse of a smile, a feigned innocent girlishness as she ships her champagne. ]

While I am sure he would appreciate such a fine compliment to his powers of influence, you really must have more faith in the minds of women. We talk of much the same things, and in what I have found to be a much subtler manner.

[epigrammatical]

Ah, is that what women talk of, then? I had been under the impression that anything stronger than mention of a famous divorce-case would be cause for the vapours.

[He knows better, of course. But he's willing to play along with wherever Miss Gray cares to go.]

[gettingon]

For some of us perhaps, but we Grays have a stronger constitution than that.

[ then she gives a small gasp, nothing genuine of course, and glances at her glass of champagne. ] And it seems that my constitution has gotten the better of me. If you would be so kind as to find me another glass of champagne, I might continue to enjoy such pleasant company as opposed to being whisked away by Lady Joanna again.