So you say. I remain unconvinced you're as cynical a brother as you'd like me to believe.
[In the close-knit throng of guests, he'd been louder, matching the liveliness of audience and environment. In his current company he loses some of that pretense of drunken revelery, the smile he aims at the inside of his collar one of quiet amusement, the ribbing milder, softer.
His breath puffs against his neatly knotted scarf as he speaks. He can admit Benedict's habit toward proper turnout is his gain--it's warmer like this, actually dressed for a walk.]
Of course not. [His amusement grows, evident in his tone and the tilt of his head as he turns to regard the other.] We've established the merits of unfortunate accidents in good stories. I'd expect you to head to my rooms straightaway and take the writing on my desk before my landlord should find it. A gift worth more than my scarf. Something to remember me fondly by.
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[In the close-knit throng of guests, he'd been louder, matching the liveliness of audience and environment. In his current company he loses some of that pretense of drunken revelery, the smile he aims at the inside of his collar one of quiet amusement, the ribbing milder, softer.
His breath puffs against his neatly knotted scarf as he speaks. He can admit Benedict's habit toward proper turnout is his gain--it's warmer like this, actually dressed for a walk.]
Of course not. [His amusement grows, evident in his tone and the tilt of his head as he turns to regard the other.] We've established the merits of unfortunate accidents in good stories. I'd expect you to head to my rooms straightaway and take the writing on my desk before my landlord should find it. A gift worth more than my scarf. Something to remember me fondly by.
[And it might sell well, to boot.]