The way his hand was swatted away suggest the elbow he thought he'd aimed for was not exactly what he found in his hand and he immediately flushed, though it was hidden by the dark and his own mask, the words tumbled out quickly. "I do apologize again, let me look." Better to put his hands to good use than to accost unwitting ladies in the dark.

With his own lapel pin missing in action and only the light from the night outside in which to really search by, this might be no small feat. It was quite the conundrum. If he'd knocked hers off when he'd run into her, it couldn't be too far. "Are you certain you had it just now and I'm just the clumsy oaf who managed to knock it off?" His had been misplaced so easily already, he wondered if maybe they weren't the most secure of accessories.

Still, he bent low, careful not to brush against or bump her in any way or get anywhere near her skirts in an effort to be some kind of useful.