It felt nice to know that she wouldn't have to struggle too hard to find someone to talk to. People seemed to only see her as 'the friend of that Scrimgeour girl', or the girl that had hidden away for her first season. But Mr. Gladstone, he never mentioned either. It was quite refreshing. Did he even know about either situation? Perhaps. Perhaps he was being a kind person, not caring at all about the troubles of her past. Or he could simply not see them as troubles to begin with.

Smiling even more at what he said, her eyes softened slightly. "Was that a compliment, Mr. Gladstone? Or simply a statement of an opinion?" Had she really just said that out loud? That was meant for her head. Hopefully she wasn't making a fool of herself with what she was saying. Did he find her interesting? Or did he find all of the other party guests to simply be even more boring? There was a difference.