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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 6249114" data-attributes="member: 12815">&quot;Of course not. I've only known about this for about five minutes, Cal. I haven't had the chance to think it all through yet. My brain is bouncing from one possibility to the next. I have no idea where I'll be over the next few weeks. Egypt, back in Florida, and now I'll need to be in England. And of course I'll need to tell my mother and all my English relations.I have no idea how this will affect my employers. Probably not at all. Mrs. Parker and Mr. Eastman are already well-known so a little notoriety is likely alright. But I don't know what their plans are for the future or how this may change them.And the idea of spending an evening with people who do not like me doesn't rank high on my list of ways to have a good time.&quot;She stopped and took a deep breath.&nbsp; &quot;I know, you're being knighted. I'm not. It's a much more important distinction for you, but in light of everything it's just about the best outcome you could have hoped for. Recognition for myself is unexpected... and disconcerting.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 6249114, member: 12815"] "Of course not. I've only known about this for about five minutes, Cal. I haven't had the chance to think it all through yet. My brain is bouncing from one possibility to the next. I have no idea where I'll be over the next few weeks. Egypt, back in Florida, and now I'll need to be in England. And of course I'll need to tell my mother and all my English relations. I have no idea how this will affect my employers. Probably not at all. Mrs. Parker and Mr. Eastman are already well-known so a little notoriety is likely alright. But I don't know what their plans are for the future or how this may change them. And the idea of spending an evening with people who [I]do not like me[/I] doesn't rank high on my list of ways to have a good time." She stopped and took a deep breath. "I know, you're being knighted. I'm not. It's a much more important distinction for you, but in light of everything it's just about the best outcome you could have hoped for. Recognition for myself is unexpected... and disconcerting." [/QUOTE]

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