He talks quite a lot, of course, [he says after a moment, pausing his apple-stringing momentarily.
How did Sebastian end up as a stand-in Linda? It's a mystery. "Yes, he said something to me. About this."]
As I said, before, he is the type of man to get caught up in new things at every turn. I do not mean that in the sense that he will find a new lover every night - if you will pardon the crudeness - but in all matters there are.
A few months ago he would speak at length of how the two of you were meant to be, and that he must have you and that you would fall for his charm eventually. He would hear nothing else. And now, well... you see now what idea has gripped him just as strongly.