If there was any alteration in the younger woman’s attitude - brought on by bringing their interaction into the light - it was to her credit, Ester decided, that she had not backed immediately away as if afraid of catching something. Or it was blissful oblivion, but Ester wouldn’t begrudge her that either.
Besides. She was already proving a little more interesting a subject than Ester had expected; she shifted in her chair to regard her better, her mouth curled upwards and her eyes not leaving the stranger for a moment. “Well, that all depends on your idea of something more fun, doesn’t it?” She countered, resisting the urge to smirk a little too fully. Whatever could the girl suggest? Nothing terribly shocking, at any rate. She knew the careful lines within with young ladies were brought up, the limits of the middle-class imagination. She did not mean to corrupt them all, of course - but all the same, she was interested in this young woman, dissatisfied with her evening of musical theatre and daring enough to sit here with a perfect stranger at this hour, oblivious or not.
Besides. She was already proving a little more interesting a subject than Ester had expected; she shifted in her chair to regard her better, her mouth curled upwards and her eyes not leaving the stranger for a moment. “Well, that all depends on your idea of something more fun, doesn’t it?” She countered, resisting the urge to smirk a little too fully. Whatever could the girl suggest? Nothing terribly shocking, at any rate. She knew the careful lines within with young ladies were brought up, the limits of the middle-class imagination. She did not mean to corrupt them all, of course - but all the same, she was interested in this young woman, dissatisfied with her evening of musical theatre and daring enough to sit here with a perfect stranger at this hour, oblivious or not.
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