If you can be taken at your word, I am glad for the distinction.
[She's also picking on him over his name because she did the very same thing when she first arrived - lied about her surname. And it had horrible consequences, in her mind, and to see someone else do it, to be reminded of it - it makes her feel awkward and uncomfortable. So sorry, Elliot, you get to be the whipping boy on this. Any other week, and she'd have been a little concerned, but understanding.
The switch to Italian takes her by surprise, and she's grown comfortable enough with the modern dialect, thanks to her conversations with Fran, to understand him easily. When she finally is able to reply, it is in her native Veronese, and she is doing all she can to keep her temper in check.]
You will not say one word against Lord Saxon, sir. The man is my friend, and he has told me what he knows of the events of the day. Everyone today has attacked him, and without cause. I will hear no more against him. You will not drive me to distrust a man who has saved my life twice in this place, and who has treated me with nothing but kindness.
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Date: 2011-09-25 11:54 pm (UTC)[She's also picking on him over his name because she did the very same thing when she first arrived - lied about her surname. And it had horrible consequences, in her mind, and to see someone else do it, to be reminded of it - it makes her feel awkward and uncomfortable. So sorry, Elliot, you get to be the whipping boy on this. Any other week, and she'd have been a little concerned, but understanding.
The switch to Italian takes her by surprise, and she's grown comfortable enough with the modern dialect, thanks to her conversations with Fran, to understand him easily. When she finally is able to reply, it is in her native Veronese, and she is doing all she can to keep her temper in check.]
You will not say one word against Lord Saxon, sir. The man is my friend, and he has told me what he knows of the events of the day. Everyone today has attacked him, and without cause. I will hear no more against him. You will not drive me to distrust a man who has saved my life twice in this place, and who has treated me with nothing but kindness.