[ But they are books he hasn't read, and therefore well worth his time.
Depositing them aside, like any triumphant magpie, he finally does what he should have from the beginning - covers their distance, stopping a short few paces away for the obligatory bow. She is still, after all, a lady of Rome.
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Depositing them aside, like any triumphant magpie, he finally does what he should have from the beginning - covers their distance, stopping a short few paces away for the obligatory bow. She is still, after all, a lady of Rome.
A lady grown.
His hand goes out. ]
May I see you? It has been years.