Thank Merlin he accepted her invitation! The very thought of him rejecting her hadn't occurred to her until his arm found her own but now that it did, it horrified her. How could she had continued on if he had? The contact, now established, was making it nigh on impossible for her to think of anything else but their proximity and how distant they still were from one another.
"I think you bear it remarkably well, Mr. Crouch, you are all the more distinguished for it." Being outside seemed to have an emboldening effect on her. Contrary to her usual judgmental self, Ursula could only regard Mr. Crouch's limp as a reminder of the man's bravery and valiance, and so her flattery was for the time being quite genuine. Admittedly she couldn't quite remember the intricate details she'd heard of the incident that had given him his faulty leg but she knew it had had something to do with the fire that had ravaged Hogsmeade a few years ago. Obviously he must've sustained it fighting his way out of a perilous onslaught of flames or rescuing someone from a collapsing building.
"I think you bear it remarkably well, Mr. Crouch, you are all the more distinguished for it." Being outside seemed to have an emboldening effect on her. Contrary to her usual judgmental self, Ursula could only regard Mr. Crouch's limp as a reminder of the man's bravery and valiance, and so her flattery was for the time being quite genuine. Admittedly she couldn't quite remember the intricate details she'd heard of the incident that had given him his faulty leg but she knew it had had something to do with the fire that had ravaged Hogsmeade a few years ago. Obviously he must've sustained it fighting his way out of a perilous onslaught of flames or rescuing someone from a collapsing building.
Thanks to Bee for this magnificent set <3