August's smile remained on his face, his eyes crinkled up at the corners. "Oh, yes," August said. "I'm considered something of a radical in certain circles because of that, as well as due to some other opinions I hold publicly." It seemed that folks had started talking about him less when he was in Germany, or that debutantes who were not explicitly interested in women's rights simply did not have as much information about feminist eligible bachelors as those who were did.