He half-expected her to call him on it, but she didn't, and August settled into the ease of their previous interactions. It was too short a leap, from is Lysander your son to who's his mother?, and August did not exactly have an abundance of public flirting to fall back on, especially with Lysander's middle name.
"I like Voltaire but he's very French," August said, "I was fond of Bellamy's Looking Backward, though, and there's always Tolstoy or if you want something comedic, there's the H.M.S. Pinafore."
"I like Voltaire but he's very French," August said, "I was fond of Bellamy's Looking Backward, though, and there's always Tolstoy or if you want something comedic, there's the H.M.S. Pinafore."