Oh, Babs. People in books don't talk like normal people either. Then again, I'm not sure how liable to use the word 'ghastly' Barbara would be.
That last scan is so awesome. It's lovely that as locked outside the inner circle as these two were, such thoughtful interaction could be written between them. It makes me wish Cass and Dick had got more interaction as well, I think Dick would've understood this very well.