"A lady after my own heart. If I have not caused at least five grown men to sink back in shock by day's end, I consider myself a wretched wastrel, and must redouble efforts with the following sunrise."
He noticed her selection of words (of course he did), and while they elicited a grin, he refrains from remarking on them. It is enough that she has spoken them without retraction. Enough that she does seem to mean them, and that this might indeed continue (will, unless the girl should suddenly come to her senses). Not for long, of course. Such dalliances can never last. The extended company of a woman or man in this capacity becomes grating, quickly creating too much of a presence.
That is not a matter for thought, though, and for the time being he simply enjoys her company. Grantaire would class her among the most intriguing (and the most well-built, certainly) of potential partners that he has encountered, and quite looks forward to seeing what further surprises she might reveal.
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He noticed her selection of words (of course he did), and while they elicited a grin, he refrains from remarking on them. It is enough that she has spoken them without retraction. Enough that she does seem to mean them, and that this might indeed continue (will, unless the girl should suddenly come to her senses). Not for long, of course. Such dalliances can never last. The extended company of a woman or man in this capacity becomes grating, quickly creating too much of a presence.
That is not a matter for thought, though, and for the time being he simply enjoys her company. Grantaire would class her among the most intriguing (and the most well-built, certainly) of potential partners that he has encountered, and quite looks forward to seeing what further surprises she might reveal.