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"You should not feel that you have to entertainto soht ith ht work?"

"I’m sorry, but I really can’t lose an entire day"

Her mouth opened, but it was a few seconds before she said, "Oh"

Because really, what else could there possibly be to say to that?

He gave her what she suspected he thought was an encouraging set yourself a book and joinarea in the center of the rooht, you don’t like books Well, the newspaper will do just as well Sit down"

Again it took her severalave her a steady look, then said, "I’d rather be inroom, but I hardly think that would be acceptable"

She nodded slowly, not because she was agreeing with hih she supposed she was, on the last statement at least

"We are in accord, then," he stated

"What?"

"You’re nodding"

She stopped nodding

"Do you et back to work," he explained

"To work," she echoed, because she was clearly at her conversational best this , and it was only then that she realized that what he meant was that he could not sit until she did She started to say, "Please," as in, Please, do make yourself at home, because she had had over twenty years of courtesy druood sense (and perhaps a fair bit of self-preservation) took hold, and she switched to, "You really shouldn’t feel you need to stay here all day"

His lips pressed together, and tiny lines fanned out fro resolute in his dark eyes, so her per her what to do

It should have raised her hackles It was everything she detested in a …fluttery Her feet were squir ready to rise to her tiptoes, her body suddenly too light to reround