Eloquence laughed softly at Ginny's faux show of following the scorned bachelor in interest. She had to admit, such a scandal would be amusing — but certainly not if it involved one of her dearest friends. Loq was not an ill-intentioned gossiper anyway, but she didn't let her friends become subjects of even the most harmless whispers.

As the chatter in the shocked tearoom slowly returned to normal volume, Eloquence looked from the door back to the rest of her party. "Rommy's right, Gin — I'm sure you have suitors queuing up for you, whether you know it yet or not. Both of you, actually", she added decidedly. Rosamund's vocation made her a little less of a conventional catch, but Loq loved her for it.