Laurence nodded in agreement, though it was obvious that he had no great desire to discuss the events of that night in detail. Yet if Granby truly wished it, he would try to hold a discussion. Every fiber of his being, though, cried out against it. He was a Laurence and he had been raised to believe that certain things simply were not to talked of, with feelings chief among them especially when of such an impolite nature. "If you sincerely think that it will help, I can see no reason not to."

Actually, he could think of many reasons and, if he had his way, he might have gone for an unknown period of time pretending that nothing had happened at all.