"It is a much better evening for your presence, I assure you." He told her, offering her another smile and patting her hand. "And I would like it very much if you could take only a short walk with me. Your father would forgive you, no doubt, for keeping an old unfortunate creature like myself company." He added, steering her in the opposite direction to the main doors and wandering at a leisurely place down the long room. "I suppose it was wrong of me to drag you from the doors. I imagine you were waiting there for a special young man who holds your affection dear?"