Despite everything, Lestat felt he'd missed a step. But no one would ever know that.
He'd meant simply that he seemed to understand how Honour felt. That was all. She had assigned some meaning to what he'd said that he had not meant, and now he was confused.
This was why. This was why though he craved attention, he did not let people in. He would just have to see how this all unfolded.
"Certainly, ma chere," he answered.
He escorted her from the room by the arm, away from the dancing and toward the door.