Barnabas raised a blonde brow, impressed at her response. It wasn't often he came upon a woman who had the same sentiments toward work as he. Perhaps it meant she wasn't necessarily attached to being a schoolteacher (or the child aspect of it); it was simply a means to an end. "Well said," He found himself smiling—forgetting for a moment that they were presently at his own cousin's funeral. "You have an admirable work ethic, Miss Bentley." A compliment that he had never, not once, given anyone.