That had stumped the woman, then. Ester eyed the rising flush on her skin through lowered eyelashes. Or perhaps it hadn’t.
“Oh, all sorts, but the best things can hardly be spoken of in company,” she demurred, making some show of decorum... although it was slightly betrayed by quite how close she leant in towards the young woman to murmur it.
Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a cloaked gentleman whisk through from the doorway to the wall - no longer playing up, apparently - although, as it happened, Ester was no longer in any hurry to end the night here.
“Nor should a enchanting young thing like you be out so late, not here,” Ester added sternly all of a sudden, as though she had had nothing to do with waylaying her in the first place, and as though what she suggested next was the height of innocence. “We should really be drinking at mine.”
“Oh, all sorts, but the best things can hardly be spoken of in company,” she demurred, making some show of decorum... although it was slightly betrayed by quite how close she leant in towards the young woman to murmur it.
Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a cloaked gentleman whisk through from the doorway to the wall - no longer playing up, apparently - although, as it happened, Ester was no longer in any hurry to end the night here.
“Nor should a enchanting young thing like you be out so late, not here,” Ester added sternly all of a sudden, as though she had had nothing to do with waylaying her in the first place, and as though what she suggested next was the height of innocence. “We should really be drinking at mine.”
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