She just smiles her Mona Lisa smile in response to that, and wisely waits until they are securely out of the house (her coat folded over one arm, despite the chill) before she says anything else. The next house she wants to look at isn't far away, and has a stone foundation like the one they were just at, but the rest is in a slightly more modern French style, with bright shutters, a roof terrace, and a balcony in the front. Unlike the other place, it's having an open house, so there are probably other people inside, at least a couple, and thus more spectators.

To Mitchell, she says, idly: "You know I'll never say no to you--or maybe you don't know that, but for the record, I won't. So if you decide you really want something from me, just tell me how you want it and that you mean it, otherwise I'll brat at you. But there's a certain amount of fun to be had in heightening the tension. In denial."

He makes it into an art form, so it's probably not a foreign concept at all, but this is a different application.