Every ounce of strength she had was not, in the grand scheme of things, very much. Not when his eyes were this color, not when he was too absorbed in his task to recall the trouble of his leg. Harder to forget when she looked so pitiable as before, but not now, furious as she was.
He leaned back as she pushed, tipping like slapstick, and at the same time tossed her book upward toward the ceiling.
Because that was what people did when they fell, wasn't it? They dropped things?
With just enough time for her to realize what was happening, he caught the book again with his good hand, all the appearance of carelessness as he stood back upright. His cane swept in front of him at the same time, either a showy way of righting himself, or an easy way to catch her legs again if she made the mistake of trying to catch the book herself.
"Ah! You try so hard, little girl, but with your accent I cannot determine where your error lies. You may try again, then, and repeat whichever it was you intended." This time he sounded his words out slowly, syllable by syllable, as if the trouble were that she was slow. "Ré-pé-tez: 'mer-ci, Mon-sieur En-cu-leur' – ou 'mer-ci, mon-sieur, mais d'a-bord en-cul-é moi s'il vous plaît'."
He leaned back as she pushed, tipping like slapstick, and at the same time tossed her book upward toward the ceiling.
Because that was what people did when they fell, wasn't it? They dropped things?
With just enough time for her to realize what was happening, he caught the book again with his good hand, all the appearance of carelessness as he stood back upright. His cane swept in front of him at the same time, either a showy way of righting himself, or an easy way to catch her legs again if she made the mistake of trying to catch the book herself.
"Ah! You try so hard, little girl, but with your accent I cannot determine where your error lies. You may try again, then, and repeat whichever it was you intended." This time he sounded his words out slowly, syllable by syllable, as if the trouble were that she was slow. "Ré-pé-tez: 'mer-ci, Mon-sieur En-cu-leur' – ou 'mer-ci, mon-sieur, mais d'a-bord en-cul-é moi s'il vous plaît'."
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