It prompts some quiet scrutiny, though what possibly could Ellis find? Even in the relatively short length of their acquaintance, he's found Bastien to be more or less impenetrable outside of a few, rare occasions.
"If I don't return before First Day," seems a fair estimate, which is then amended to, "If you've not heard from me before First Day."
A bid to account for travel time more than any other delay. It's followed briskly by, "You'll not open it, if I give it to you?"
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It prompts some quiet scrutiny, though what possibly could Ellis find? Even in the relatively short length of their acquaintance, he's found Bastien to be more or less impenetrable outside of a few, rare occasions.
"If I don't return before First Day," seems a fair estimate, which is then amended to, "If you've not heard from me before First Day."
A bid to account for travel time more than any other delay. It's followed briskly by, "You'll not open it, if I give it to you?"