He's probably just being polite, with the solicitous way he arranges everything to be within easy reach, though it also occurs to her that he might be stalling. She'd hoped to phrase the question broadly enough so as to not put him in an awkward spot, and her gut twists a little to think that she might have done so, anyway.
It's an innocent enough question, though, isn't it? Honestly, it's the sort of thing that's bound to come up when you're getting to know another non-native.
When he does answer, she can't help an incredulous (and not particularly elegant) snort of amusement. He does have a title!
"'Not particularly impressive'?" she repeats. "You have a title!" She shakes her head in disbelief -- not that he has a title, which she believes easily, but that someone with a title is bothering with her at all. "I've been called a peasant, and you're telling me 'Baronet' is unimpressive."
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It's an innocent enough question, though, isn't it? Honestly, it's the sort of thing that's bound to come up when you're getting to know another non-native.
When he does answer, she can't help an incredulous (and not particularly elegant) snort of amusement. He does have a title!
"'Not particularly impressive'?" she repeats. "You have a title!" She shakes her head in disbelief -- not that he has a title, which she believes easily, but that someone with a title is bothering with her at all. "I've been called a peasant, and you're telling me 'Baronet' is unimpressive."