( Possibly she already knew, rumour mills and so forth, but even so. She isn't being flippant; legit, she sounds sorry about it. Either he did something really shitty, or his family is really shitty, it's hard to say. )
My mother has a very fine necklace with a number of sapphires that I believe were purchased from your family, that she's very fond. I hope we can leave aside the need to compare mansions, hm?
( Or the relatives who are pirate raiders and may have intercepted some jewels that were in danger of being lost to the sea. Maybe. It's just a rumour, probably. )
As for the flamingo, they are not generally for sale. Lone flamingos can be very sad indeed.
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( Possibly she already knew, rumour mills and so forth, but even so. She isn't being flippant; legit, she sounds sorry about it. Either he did something really shitty, or his family is really shitty, it's hard to say. )
My mother has a very fine necklace with a number of sapphires that I believe were purchased from your family, that she's very fond. I hope we can leave aside the need to compare mansions, hm?
( Or the relatives who are pirate raiders and may have intercepted some jewels that were in danger of being lost to the sea. Maybe. It's just a rumour, probably. )
As for the flamingo, they are not generally for sale. Lone flamingos can be very sad indeed.