He might insist that he wasn't interesting but he had the air of someone who knew exactly how fascinating girls like her found him, but that hadn't helped her control her blush.

'My mother was Russian,' she explained, 'But I was born and raised in England' she explained. 'I know Zelda from school' she breezed. 'But now we know that we are not only countrymen but also clearly close family friends' she grinned, a laugh whispering around her eyes, 'you are free from the contraints of propiety and may tell me your most interesting story, rather than a nice, but sanitary version suitable for upper class dinner parties and squemish debutantes. ' She sat down in the window seat that over looked the princes expansive gardens, and invited him to take the other seat.

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