Her smile grows and grows as he gets closer, the fingers of her unoccupied hand briefly at her lips.
Well, what do you know? She's missed having him around, for one reason or another. He's never boring, after all.
"And you came running. Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" she remarks, getting up and extending her free hand- heaven knows whether she wants him to shake it or kiss it. Could be either. "Why on Earth didn't we meet up sooner, Mr Holmes?"
Simple: because she's just managed to shake the more visible evidence of her reaction to the crisis. It hadn't been pleasant. Now, however, she's regained enough of her control to relax slightly, to meet him as she wants to meet him.
Of course, he might well deduce how she's been dealing with things anyway. It occurs to her that she may have thrown herself to the sharks by exposing herself to the deductive powers of both Holmeses at once- but that rather makes it sound like she's totally defenceless against them, and she's far from it.
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Well, what do you know? She's missed having him around, for one reason or another. He's never boring, after all.
"And you came running. Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" she remarks, getting up and extending her free hand- heaven knows whether she wants him to shake it or kiss it. Could be either. "Why on Earth didn't we meet up sooner, Mr Holmes?"
Simple: because she's just managed to shake the more visible evidence of her reaction to the crisis. It hadn't been pleasant. Now, however, she's regained enough of her control to relax slightly, to meet him as she wants to meet him.
Of course, he might well deduce how she's been dealing with things anyway. It occurs to her that she may have thrown herself to the sharks by exposing herself to the deductive powers of both Holmeses at once- but that rather makes it sound like she's totally defenceless against them, and she's far from it.