Re: Second Night!
The emphasis on the 'long' made L.L. quirk an eyebrow. Obviously he was trying to indicate the visit had happened far in the past, but it wasn't until she spied the 'est. 1942' on the way into the restaurant that she identified the exact time period he was referring to.
"Hard to believe a place like this could survive during that time," she commented, then went quiet when the maitre d' approached and addressed them in French. L.L. let Bucky take the lead; he was the one that arranged the reservation after all. There was also the fact that she was still learning the language. She was actually picking up French relatively quickly (especially when compared to Russian), but she still wasn't confident enough in her ability to hold a conversation with anyone but Bucky yet.