Cunning debate tactic, Feuilly; Bahorel is having a very hard time explaining himself through the laughing. "What--? I was congratulating you! " He had been! With just the least bit of joking! And Feuilly's managed to get offended, even with the comment about tailors.
In certain respects, the whole affair with Hotspur makes hilarious sense.
"A little teasing's the usual charge from friends when taking up with a new lover, you know. But fine, fine, my apologies. I shall be more serious, as befits the situation." He passes a hand over his face and pulls his face into a very solemn expression.
" I'm congratulating you, Feuilly. That's what's happening here. You've made a strange friend, but he thinks the world of you, and you're in a strange place and finding your feet better than nearly any of us; and I wish you every joy of it, and I'm telling you, you have nothing to blush over and no reason to apologize to anyone." His voice is rough now. "And if you're taking advice, I say throw a rock at anyone, especially me, who makes you feel for one second you have to give any account for it."
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Date: 2015-08-25 03:13 pm (UTC)From:In certain respects, the whole affair with Hotspur makes hilarious sense.
"A little teasing's the usual charge from friends when taking up with a new lover, you know. But fine, fine, my apologies. I shall be more serious, as befits the situation." He passes a hand over his face and pulls his face into a very solemn expression.
" I'm congratulating you, Feuilly. That's what's happening here. You've made a strange friend, but he thinks the world of you, and you're in a strange place and finding your feet better than nearly any of us; and I wish you every joy of it, and I'm telling you, you have nothing to blush over and no reason to apologize to anyone." His voice is rough now. "And if you're taking advice, I say throw a rock at anyone, especially me, who makes you feel for one second you have to give any account for it."
He's not joking in the least.