( it is with a certain degree of ruefulness that she wiggles the bottle of amber liquid that she had a moment before set down: ) I would not presume to encroach upon you, particularly with such consideration being given to our senses.
( she has no idea what a printing press smells like, and is perfectly happy to take his word for it that she had rather not find out. though it does remind her of a thought she has had more than once: how useful to know a man with a printing press. that she has not yet had any use for it, in particular, makes that no less the case.
she settles into her desk chair, )
It will only be an adjustment to share our office with one who uses an office.
( which just sounds: true, not pointed. that she neglects to welcome him in specific is less that he is not welcome, and more a disinclination to frame his taking up his official space as something she has graciously shared with him. )
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( she has no idea what a printing press smells like, and is perfectly happy to take his word for it that she had rather not find out. though it does remind her of a thought she has had more than once: how useful to know a man with a printing press. that she has not yet had any use for it, in particular, makes that no less the case.
she settles into her desk chair, )
It will only be an adjustment to share our office with one who uses an office.
( which just sounds: true, not pointed. that she neglects to welcome him in specific is less that he is not welcome, and more a disinclination to frame his taking up his official space as something she has graciously shared with him. )