( margaux's very automatic reaction to being handed money is to tuck it into her bra-strap; more to the point it is to accept it, rather than consider whether or not she should refuse. teddy knows his own business and how much money he can go handing out to pretty girls, probably, especially when the next purchase either of them is likely to make is apparently 'liquor'. )

They're all sort of new to me, ( conversationally, falling comfortably in step with him - albeit a quicker step, to keep up with the pace of his longer legs. ) The arrangements at home are very different.

( he would adapt there, too, she thinks. he is patient with the world in a way she is not, even if someone else decided he would be. )

I bet you another five dollars I can find you a decent whiskey.