Here he is being downright shameful in the liberties he's taken, and she must surely think less of him than she ever has for behaving so improperly, and he can already picture the things anyone else would say if they overheard this or saw something, the disappointment from his superiors, the -
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Here he is being downright shameful in the liberties he's taken, and she must surely think less of him than she ever has for behaving so improperly, and he can already picture the things anyone else would say if they overheard this or saw something, the disappointment from his superiors, the -
- wait, what?]
D-do you really?
[Surely he's misheard.]