"No, I didn't. You were too tall to start with. The rest is really excessive." Mary batted his his hand away from her and laughed. "It's all right though- you just have no sense of proportion, clearly. But I forgive you." She laughed and danced a bit more out of his reach, not in the least worried by his reserve.
"And since I haven't grown up at all, I feel it's my duty to remind you that you are still a great lummox for pointing it out." Her grin faded slightly. "We shall have to see the poor tree sometime- I must apologize for losing it. With Lord Stanley as he is, I may have to take up old customs."