[ robin lets out a breathless laugh at that, her other fingers brushing against her breastbone for a moment as she gets a little flustered.
"Oh, aren't you too much," she says, as dumage barely manages to suppress an eyeroll over there. "Are you the one who's been keeping our Antoinette away from us for all these years? I can certainly see why she'd be... distracted." it's impossible to miss the passive aggressive edge in there as she glances at dumage, that special press of matronly guilt expertly applied. ]
Not at all. He and I only met this past year.
[ jacques finally speaks up at that, in a voice that carries a heavy french accent. "Of course. You did not expect her to have been with the same man for all these years, did you, ma colombe?" while he seems to be attempting a joke, the strained looks that pass across both robin and dumage's face make it clear that they both recognize it's anything but.
"Well, I certainly don't know what to expect from her anymore, Jacques. It isn't as if she's seen fit to call or write for all this time... I can hardly claim to know her at all anymore, really." she adds her own awkward laughter to the mix, and dumage's eyes tighten as she forces herself to chuckle along, looking as if she'd rather be literally anywhere else on the planet. ]
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"Oh, aren't you too much," she says, as dumage barely manages to suppress an eyeroll over there. "Are you the one who's been keeping our Antoinette away from us for all these years? I can certainly see why she'd be... distracted." it's impossible to miss the passive aggressive edge in there as she glances at dumage, that special press of matronly guilt expertly applied. ]
Not at all. He and I only met this past year.
[ jacques finally speaks up at that, in a voice that carries a heavy french accent. "Of course. You did not expect her to have been with the same man for all these years, did you, ma colombe?" while he seems to be attempting a joke, the strained looks that pass across both robin and dumage's face make it clear that they both recognize it's anything but.
"Well, I certainly don't know what to expect from her anymore, Jacques. It isn't as if she's seen fit to call or write for all this time... I can hardly claim to know her at all anymore, really." she adds her own awkward laughter to the mix, and dumage's eyes tighten as she forces herself to chuckle along, looking as if she'd rather be literally anywhere else on the planet. ]