Re: Barbara and Dick
"I'm sorry," he said immediately. "I know you didn't. I just... There is a long while yet before I have to take that seat. We could sort a great deal out publicly by then."
His hand tightened on hers, his eyes giving a doubtless Yes. "I know, all the looks that I was scandalous and terrible to get one of the smartest and beautiful ladies in Gotham at my side before anyone could stop me. The shame! There would be treacherous jealousy, no doubt."
Dick saw her slipping into the seriousness, looking away and being uncertain. "Well, some things are very much what they seem. The night is cooling, the dancing is young, there is food aplenty and people laughing. We're right smack-dab in the middle of it. What more could we ask for?"