It had taken quite some effort on his part to resist cooling his gaze and fixing her with a disapproving stare as he would with Sterling or Abernathy. Which perhaps was a testament to how often he himself found it hard to not automatically shift his mind out of the workspace. Which in turn meant he was none other than a hypocrite. At this realization, Faustus smiled in spite of himself and chuckled, shaking his head slightly before deepening the smile as he looked at her again.
“Miss Skovgaard, you’re almost as bad as some of the aurors.” He said, with a hint of irony in his tone. But in his next breath, sighed and continued: “Although I suppose I should have no room to admonish, even if I wanted to.”
He paused sheepishly and averted his gaze. “I found myself back at work Sunday afternoon.” And that was only because his ever loyal valet had taken the liberty to chastise him thoroughly. Else he would have been quite content to head into the office as he had planned to regardless of the disaster at the Sanditon.
“Miss Skovgaard, you’re almost as bad as some of the aurors.” He said, with a hint of irony in his tone. But in his next breath, sighed and continued: “Although I suppose I should have no room to admonish, even if I wanted to.”
He paused sheepishly and averted his gaze. “I found myself back at work Sunday afternoon.” And that was only because his ever loyal valet had taken the liberty to chastise him thoroughly. Else he would have been quite content to head into the office as he had planned to regardless of the disaster at the Sanditon.