[She brought muffins and jam! Or... muffins and welches grape jelly! That's helpful. Anne shrugs and gives a little sigh]
It wasn't much of a choice for either of us, I'm afraid. He found the gesture to be romantic. I found it to be confusing and foreign-- literally, since I did not speak the language. We were both very sour with the results. [Another sigh, this one much more dramatic, as she cheers herself again.]
That's besides the point-- I'm afraid this is as foreign as that. Not even I, a woman of great independence and value, educated and living many grand extravagancies and tales, have run into something like this. Perhaps this is a ransom? Or something more-- torturous?
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It wasn't much of a choice for either of us, I'm afraid. He found the gesture to be romantic. I found it to be confusing and foreign-- literally, since I did not speak the language. We were both very sour with the results. [Another sigh, this one much more dramatic, as she cheers herself again.]
That's besides the point-- I'm afraid this is as foreign as that. Not even I, a woman of great independence and value, educated and living many grand extravagancies and tales, have run into something like this. Perhaps this is a ransom? Or something more-- torturous?