This is a really nice room, and Lucinda felt a flash of irritation, hot in her lungs. She managed to keep it off her face, but tapped her fingers against the arm of the couch, as if that would expel it before she could let her temper get the better of her.
"Oh, I've been better," Lucinda said lightly, with an arch of her eyebrows, "You see, it appears that my extended family has been mired in scandal." Her tone was just a little sharp, nothing too much yet — she would be interrogating Mr. Kirke, to some extent, and it would not do to frighten him off so quickly.
"Oh, I've been better," Lucinda said lightly, with an arch of her eyebrows, "You see, it appears that my extended family has been mired in scandal." Her tone was just a little sharp, nothing too much yet — she would be interrogating Mr. Kirke, to some extent, and it would not do to frighten him off so quickly.