Abilene blushed and tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. "Thank you," she replied quietly and smiled at Rose. "You are so lovely yourself, I'm not surprised Me. Willaby 'noticed' you, as you say." Though Abilene knew she was pretty, she often found men pursued her only for her looks, and it was disheartening, to say the least. She thought she was a good person, or at least tried to be, but no man ever seemed to care about that. It was one of the reasons she'd left London behind.