[Friends who suffered. Leander himself not counted among them, he expects, with no ill feeling about it. This unsubtle approach made quietly civilized—it pleases him.]
Why not ask them? [His glance, the way he turns his head, tips his chin just so, is a little subtler. Purely to see if it lands, whether he can see it landing. (He has no particular designs.)] I mean it as a question, truly. Will they not speak of it?
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Why not ask them? [His glance, the way he turns his head, tips his chin just so, is a little subtler. Purely to see if it lands, whether he can see it landing. (He has no particular designs.)] I mean it as a question, truly. Will they not speak of it?