[All seems well as Peggy steps inside, once more adorned in the coloring Rip has come to expect. Striking red lipstick and a distinctly forties style, and it's only Peggy's quickness in slipping off her coat that has Rip not asking if she would prefer he take it and hang it up somewhere.]
Certainly better than the last time we met here. [When silence had been the order of the day, and exhaustion weighed them both down after the hardships of the prior event. Yet somehow that had almost been easier than meeting her like this, when the joyfulness of the wedding stands out in the recent past—a highlight not often seen within Wonderland. But the movements are almost a matter of memory at this point: shutting the door behind Peggy once she's in, waiting between the entrance and the chairs while she settles herself in, takes appraisal of what he's selected for them to drink this evening.
Equally, what he's offered up for them to listen to.]
Same with you, I expect? [Unless something's happened, perhaps with her plus one or that colleague's son or someone else who holds an important place in Peggy's life. It occurs to Rip that he truly doesn't know; so much of what they discuss either revolves around the immediate or their worlds beyond this one. Less so the day to day of living here.]
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Certainly better than the last time we met here. [When silence had been the order of the day, and exhaustion weighed them both down after the hardships of the prior event. Yet somehow that had almost been easier than meeting her like this, when the joyfulness of the wedding stands out in the recent past—a highlight not often seen within Wonderland. But the movements are almost a matter of memory at this point: shutting the door behind Peggy once she's in, waiting between the entrance and the chairs while she settles herself in, takes appraisal of what he's selected for them to drink this evening.
Equally, what he's offered up for them to listen to.]
Same with you, I expect? [Unless something's happened, perhaps with her plus one or that colleague's son or someone else who holds an important place in Peggy's life. It occurs to Rip that he truly doesn't know; so much of what they discuss either revolves around the immediate or their worlds beyond this one. Less so the day to day of living here.]