10-20-2021, 08:05 PM
Anne felt flattered that the gentleman should offer to help her. Most men like him wouldn't even acknowledge her existence, let alone offer to help her. But she clutched her bag tighter and said "Oh, no, thank you, ser," and alighted unaided. He was still a man she didn't know and her father's warnings were fresh in her mind. Plus, she didn't want Tobias to see her interacting with a strange man and tell her father.