Is that really wise? I don't want you to become their dancing bear.
( the balfours might not be a direct replica of the lantsovs, but — she doesn't have the good grace to give them the benefit of the doubt, to believe they wouldn't regard erik as some quaint magician peddling performances for their entertainment. )
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( then, with a little more weighted solemnity: )
Is that really wise? I don't want you to become their dancing bear.
( the balfours might not be a direct replica of the lantsovs, but — she doesn't have the good grace to give them the benefit of the doubt, to believe they wouldn't regard erik as some quaint magician peddling performances for their entertainment. )