[ A pause. He’s not certain if Hubert is fishing for something or if the remark is an idle one. It is always difficult to tell with Hubert, not helped at all by the fact that Ferdinand can’t see his face. ]
Perhaps, but…
[ But what? Ferdinand’s thoughts drift back – to the moment that concluded their dance the previous day, yes, but further than that. To the moment he’d spotted a certain kind of coffee for sale with a merchant in town, and unbidden, Hubert had sprung to his mind. ]
But I do not think I would want anyone else to fill that spot.
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Perhaps, but…
[ But what? Ferdinand’s thoughts drift back – to the moment that concluded their dance the previous day, yes, but further than that. To the moment he’d spotted a certain kind of coffee for sale with a merchant in town, and unbidden, Hubert had sprung to his mind. ]
But I do not think I would want anyone else to fill that spot.