Oh, dear. He hadn't meant to embarrass her, but it seemed horribly obvious from her expression that he had. August flushed a faint pink color and tried to come up with some excuse for himself — there had to be something he could say that would reduce at least some of Miss Greengrass' embarrassment — but he could not conjure anything before Miss Greengrass was making her excuses to depart.

"Oh," August said, instead, "I'll see you around, Miss Greengrass."

Well, maybe.

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