"You called her Dot? I'll remember that." The description reminded him of Pike - sweet and adorable, yes, but Mama Pike could gently rebuke with the best of them so hard it'd make someone's head reel.
"Tell me, how did an Honorable Miss clearly used to finer things get in the habit of being clever and observant?" Maybe Percy would have been quite like Phryne, without the tragedy and falling in with the wrong sorts. "A lot of well-off people don't bother, in my experience."
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Date: 2017-03-31 02:44 pm (UTC)"Tell me, how did an Honorable Miss clearly used to finer things get in the habit of being clever and observant?" Maybe Percy would have been quite like Phryne, without the tragedy and falling in with the wrong sorts. "A lot of well-off people don't bother, in my experience."