Wilkes smirked, amused. "Now, now, Sabine. Shouldn't believe rumours, should you?" he said in a sing-song voice. Well, the reality of it was that Wilkes had at least one girl in each House, but it was bad form to brag about one's conquests to other girls. And Wilkes was a gentleman -- at least on the outside.
"After all, you're not free of whispers down the grapevine yourself," he said, reclaiming the bottle of firewhiskey.