Helga could not avoid the smile that found itself on her lips. He was a man of humor, which was good; Helga despised nothing more than a bore, and a bore on the dance floor was worse than any type of bore!
"I would not dare let you know if you had," she quipped. It was difficult to miss the difference in height between them, but less noticeable was how his stride did not overtake her. Her mother had once advised her to seek a gentleman much taller than herself to avoid the shame of short sons, but she'd found that taller men were difficult dance partners. Their arms never fit in the right place, and worse: she always felt like a rag doll being dragged around. Mr. Scrimgeour, however, seemed to accommodate her just fine, whether he was aware of it nor not.
"Tell me, Mr. Scrimgeour," she said, pausing for a moment as they twirled, "Do you frequent the Sanditon, or has today's festivities drawn you from the serious life of the Ministry?" She'd never been to the Ministry, nor had she any reason to, but from what she'd gathered it was a dark place that drained the life out of its employees. (Or at least, it had drained all the fun out of her sister.)
"I would not dare let you know if you had," she quipped. It was difficult to miss the difference in height between them, but less noticeable was how his stride did not overtake her. Her mother had once advised her to seek a gentleman much taller than herself to avoid the shame of short sons, but she'd found that taller men were difficult dance partners. Their arms never fit in the right place, and worse: she always felt like a rag doll being dragged around. Mr. Scrimgeour, however, seemed to accommodate her just fine, whether he was aware of it nor not.
"Tell me, Mr. Scrimgeour," she said, pausing for a moment as they twirled, "Do you frequent the Sanditon, or has today's festivities drawn you from the serious life of the Ministry?" She'd never been to the Ministry, nor had she any reason to, but from what she'd gathered it was a dark place that drained the life out of its employees. (Or at least, it had drained all the fun out of her sister.)
— set by MJ! <3 —