Winked? He had been winked at. Now, Tietjens was not a man of the world, but he had been party to enough people's social interactions to realise that he was being flirted with. That didn't happen to him a lot. Ever. No. No, Tietjens couldn't recount the last time anyone had flirted with him.
He couldn't help but smile.
"That's very polite of you to say, sir. I should say I would have hoped to have remembered you as well." He was certainly a well built man, and if nothing else that was attractive in a very admirable way.
"My bed-" Tietjens pointed to it, indicating that they could sit there.