It's almost impolite to let his fingers glance against her shoulder when he pushes in her chair. Hopefully it isn't actually.
"As you ought to be." As all good parents were. "As I'm sure you are of Miss Eicheln."
It's almost a question. That Rachel would be proud of her niece surely wasn't the point of actual contention. The lingering almost-question-mark at the end came from a much longer angle than all that.
There were proud parents, and then there were people who were proud like parents. Surely Rachel was proud of Eileen the way the late Queen of Clubs would have been.
Surely that meant there was room to hope she might be proud of Horatio himself, if things went well.
/GROANS FOREVER (but loves so hard)
"As you ought to be." As all good parents were. "As I'm sure you are of Miss Eicheln."
It's almost a question. That Rachel would be proud of her niece surely wasn't the point of actual contention. The lingering almost-question-mark at the end came from a much longer angle than all that.
There were proud parents, and then there were people who were proud like parents. Surely Rachel was proud of Eileen the way the late Queen of Clubs would have been.
Surely that meant there was room to hope she might be proud of Horatio himself, if things went well.