Chapter 194: Among Gentlemen
Evander's smile appeared almost immediately after Julian's question.
It was not particularly apologetic.
If anything, it carried the unmistakable look of a man who had been entirely aware of the distress he had caused and found it faintly amusing.
"I was thinking," he replied simply.
Julian looked at him over the rim of his spectacles.
"You were thinking," he repeated.
"Yes."
"You were thinking," Lucian said, "for more than half of the competition?"
Evander's expression remained perfectly composed.
"I do prefer to think thoroughly."
"That," Lucian replied, "is not a proper explanation."
Benedict, meanwhile, seemed far more sympathetic to the matter. He cleared his throat.
"To be fair," he said, "the topic was not a simple one. I thought on it considerably myself before I could commit anything to the parchment."
Evander smiled at him.
"There," he said. "You see."
