She does her level best not to show her chagrin, instead smiling at him as if she's just met an old pal she hasn't seen in a decade. "Tobias Matthews, as I live and breathe," she says pleasantly. Of course she's aware of the ironies of the cliché. "How marvellous to see you here."
It's said in that arch tone that you could easily take either way—as genuine pleasure or the driest of sarcasm.
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She does her level best not to show her chagrin, instead smiling at him as if she's just met an old pal she hasn't seen in a decade. "Tobias Matthews, as I live and breathe," she says pleasantly. Of course she's aware of the ironies of the cliché. "How marvellous to see you here."
It's said in that arch tone that you could easily take either way—as genuine pleasure or the driest of sarcasm.