Her reaction is marvelously endearing; there is something immediate and unplanned about it, even something surprisingly naive for a girl who seems so clear-minded. Grantaire has elicited any number of responses from potential pursuits in the past, but this is a new experience, welcoming and inexplicably warm in a way he has not known. It is... gratifying, in a way (unsettling, too, in a dimmer and not-quite-graspable sense; mostly, he doesn't notice this, what it suggests and what he ought to see).
"You needn't hide your face, Mademoiselle; indeed, the world must weep to lose sight of such a wonder. What is the harm, what shame in blushing? This coloration shows only that your heart beats with especial sensibility, that you have not hardened yourself against the workings of this so confounding world. Who is to blame you for such laudable endurance? Who is to blame you for holding onto hope? If anyone has the right to hope, it is a lovely young lady!
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Date: 2013-05-03 08:10 pm (UTC)"You needn't hide your face, Mademoiselle; indeed, the world must weep to lose sight of such a wonder. What is the harm, what shame in blushing? This coloration shows only that your heart beats with especial sensibility, that you have not hardened yourself against the workings of this so confounding world. Who is to blame you for such laudable endurance? Who is to blame you for holding onto hope? If anyone has the right to hope, it is a lovely young lady!
"You are, truly, a charming creature."