Val sets his spoon down on his saucer with a slight bit of extra force. He is well-mannered enough that the result is that it is very slight, because he is not trying to be caught out.
"I can hire that work out," he says, clipped. "Mr. Ellis need not trouble himself with such a small thing. As you have said, he is not a hired man. No indeed, he is some manner of scholar, by your very generous telling. Tell me, what is this route with which he is so familiar? Are you visiting his familial estate in some charming little backwater?"
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Date: 2020-08-16 12:25 am (UTC)Val sets his spoon down on his saucer with a slight bit of extra force. He is well-mannered enough that the result is that it is very slight, because he is not trying to be caught out.
"I can hire that work out," he says, clipped. "Mr. Ellis need not trouble himself with such a small thing. As you have said, he is not a hired man. No indeed, he is some manner of scholar, by your very generous telling. Tell me, what is this route with which he is so familiar? Are you visiting his familial estate in some charming little backwater?"