( there is a trace of humor to be found in the prim way she says, )
It will be most kind of you to escort me.
( there is no call for it, but then there is no call to decline, either, is there? if she were askedβif she were called upon to explainβwell, she will not be. it is kind, and suitable, for a division head to escort a diplomat.
if that diplomat is particularly aware of the precise distance that her skirts keep him at, and the late hour, and how quiet the streets are in the cold dark, that is not one of the questions. )
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It will be most kind of you to escort me.
( there is no call for it, but then there is no call to decline, either, is there? if she were askedβif she were called upon to explainβwell, she will not be. it is kind, and suitable, for a division head to escort a diplomat.
if that diplomat is particularly aware of the precise distance that her skirts keep him at, and the late hour, and how quiet the streets are in the cold dark, that is not one of the questions. )
Is your own business tended to your satisfaction?