Airy, but in an entirely different way, Val slings one leg over the other, his ankle pressed to his knee. He studies the ceiling as he considers what he might say to this.
"I don't know that I could say," he says eventually, with a little laugh. "It is a certain unsayable thing, I think. A quality that one cannot put their finger upon. Even you will notice it, if you think to look for it when you are next with him, mademoiselle. And he is amusing. I suppose that helps his case. I have invited him to dinner so that he might meet Freddie and Jeannot. Or I intend to. I do not think I have said the invitation yet. You must not tell him so that it might be a surprise."
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Airy, but in an entirely different way, Val slings one leg over the other, his ankle pressed to his knee. He studies the ceiling as he considers what he might say to this.
"I don't know that I could say," he says eventually, with a little laugh. "It is a certain unsayable thing, I think. A quality that one cannot put their finger upon. Even you will notice it, if you think to look for it when you are next with him, mademoiselle. And he is amusing. I suppose that helps his case. I have invited him to dinner so that he might meet Freddie and Jeannot. Or I intend to. I do not think I have said the invitation yet. You must not tell him so that it might be a surprise."