[ A show of flustered reluctance. But only a show. ]
—all right.
[ It's not as if he's going to wear the shoes. They aren't his size. And the wine has to go somewhere; they don't keep it in the house, for Byerly's sake, and for that and multiple other reasons Bastien drinks hardly ever himself.
The preserves, though. Farewell sweet preserves. ]
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[ A show of flustered reluctance. But only a show. ]
—all right.
[ It's not as if he's going to wear the shoes. They aren't his size. And the wine has to go somewhere; they don't keep it in the house, for Byerly's sake, and for that and multiple other reasons Bastien drinks hardly ever himself.
The preserves, though. Farewell sweet preserves. ]
I will bring them to you. Are you in your office?