Miss Stonewell looks embarrassed for a moment before her face settles into stern lines. "Mary! That will be extra work in etiquette for you, speaking to Mr Wolfe so. It is hardly attractive behavior in a young lady."

Galadan's expression has shifted not a whit.

"Tacticus. I can, I suppose, see how you may have forgotten it, in light of all your other work. Though I had imagined one of my better students would not be so lax."

He pauses her, looking up at Miss Stonewell.

"Please, do not let us keep you. Miss Lennox and I will be discussing this matter on her way back to her dancing lessons."