[ Perhaps she has become used to his resting stone face. It certainly unsettles her far less than it used to, though not being opposite him in a courtroom certainly helps.

... ]

My anonymous friend, one who knows where I live and the very shop which carries certain things of my taste...? [ A shop they visited together? ] Call it wishful thinking, but it does seem rather like you.

[ Yeah, she went there. She is nothing if not direct... or is he really going to try to keep up the ruse? ]