[ It's too dark now to see the flush on Irving's face, but believe, he'd find it satisfying if he could. He really shouldn't be so worried about whether Jack thinks he's a harlot or not - he already does, and there's not a damn thing he could do to convince him otherwise now.
He laughs, deep and drunk and surprised that Irving of all people, picked up on an innuendo he hadn't even intended. ]
Spreading with Jopson? I didn't say that. You dirty bird, you. You row back.
[ Jack's going back for the bottle. Promise not to smash it against his head. ]
It is only that... a feeling. Nothing more. [ More or less. Mostly. ] And I highly doubt his own reasoning is likely to align with mine.
[ Irving passes the bottle over before he takes up the oars with a sigh, his flush brightening further still but also thankfully all but invisible by now in the still-growing darkness. ]
Oh-- [ He huffs indignantly, the boat moving with a jerking start. ] You know what I meant, and it isn't... wasn't that!
[ Maybe a little bit it was; spreading his wings with Jopson (or anyone else), versus anything else, are really two only slightly different ways of saying the exact same thing anyway, now aren't they?
Within another minute or so they're moving smoothly through the water, not necessarily at speed, but there also isn't very far to go. ]
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[ It's too dark now to see the flush on Irving's face, but believe, he'd find it satisfying if he could. He really shouldn't be so worried about whether Jack thinks he's a harlot or not - he already does, and there's not a damn thing he could do to convince him otherwise now.
He laughs, deep and drunk and surprised that Irving of all people, picked up on an innuendo he hadn't even intended. ]
Spreading with Jopson? I didn't say that. You dirty bird, you. You row back.
[ Jack's going back for the bottle. Promise not to smash it against his head. ]
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[ Irving passes the bottle over before he takes up the oars with a sigh, his flush brightening further still but also thankfully all but invisible by now in the still-growing darkness. ]
Oh-- [ He huffs indignantly, the boat moving with a jerking start. ] You know what I meant, and it isn't... wasn't that!
[ Maybe a little bit it was; spreading his wings with Jopson (or anyone else), versus anything else, are really two only slightly different ways of saying the exact same thing anyway, now aren't they?
Within another minute or so they're moving smoothly through the water, not necessarily at speed, but there also isn't very far to go. ]
It's no concern of yours, besides.