When she listed her friends, Cash ran through them mentally — he thought it important to maintain some level of understanding of her world, despite everything. Miss Chang was connected to the Flint institute; Miss Dashwood was a debutante, and a halfblood. He wasn't familiar with Mrs. Abbott, but she explained, and Cash made a mental note.

Cash nodded. "It seems that it would be a bit — show-offish," he said. It was a vaguely impolite concept, at least for a man to engage in — probably why this event was aimed at debutantes. "Anything you'd particularly like to bet on?"

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