Ugh, no! [Though she is still laughing, all good cheer for Alexandrie's fowl impersonations.] I have told him I refuse to have little to do with them save for the letting of the space. No, Mister Ellis is deeply afflicted by—
[Tragedy? No, that's far too grim.]
He guards his feelings very carefully, [she decides.] And though he is clearly predisposed to the notion, the mere mention of such gentle things makes me feel as if I've clobbered him with a great brick.
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[Tragedy? No, that's far too grim.]
He guards his feelings very carefully, [she decides.] And though he is clearly predisposed to the notion, the mere mention of such gentle things makes me feel as if I've clobbered him with a great brick.