"To be sure," Tatiana was quick to agree, thinking first of her brother and next of Mariana. Both were creatures that nature could never replicate, even given millennia towards the endeavour. Mr. Rosier, though, likely did not fall into such a category himself—though that did not mean he was without assets.

"I must wonder, though, Mr. Rosier—if you pay particular attention to every lady, how are you to to make your particular interests known?"