"You have to learn, Sebastian," Lucinda said, "If they're backed into enough of a corner, anyone can be foolish."
Lucinda was in the habit of making prescriptive statements, and sometimes they were flippant — she'd picked it up as a hobby when she had worked for Thom Pettigrew — but this was one she was willing to stand by. Anyone could be foolish, anyone could be reckless. But that didn't mean that she wasn't surprised today — she was quite obviously very surprised — and that didn't mean that she wasn't dissappointed.
She was abundantly dissappointed.
Lucinda was in the habit of making prescriptive statements, and sometimes they were flippant — she'd picked it up as a hobby when she had worked for Thom Pettigrew — but this was one she was willing to stand by. Anyone could be foolish, anyone could be reckless. But that didn't mean that she wasn't surprised today — she was quite obviously very surprised — and that didn't mean that she wasn't dissappointed.
She was abundantly dissappointed.