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"And if I should hand you a flower for your buttonhole..."

"Well," said Dunban, "then I might wear it."

"I think it would look well on you."

Kallian said this with as straight a face as he said anything, and Dunban was certainly not the one to notice a quivering of his ears, signaled by the shifting of soft, fine hair just where such fine ears might hide.

So, Dunban replied, equanimously, "That's quite the compliment."

"I'm sure it would," Kallian said, to redouble his fervor, which was still immeasurable.

This got through, though. "Then I'm sure I would, too."