All a bit absurd, isn't it? She doesn't particularly want a sketch of the proceedings; had come down out of curiosity because everyone seemed to be going, and it might have been interesting, and there is Alistair. In a dress, doing something ridiculous. Not that she objects to any of these things, particularly, or even would be above putting him up to it for her own amusement, it's just this all seems to be rather ambitiously stretching the joke awfully thin.
mingling;
All a bit absurd, isn't it? She doesn't particularly want a sketch of the proceedings; had come down out of curiosity because everyone seemed to be going, and it might have been interesting, and there is Alistair. In a dress, doing something ridiculous. Not that she objects to any of these things, particularly, or even would be above putting him up to it for her own amusement, it's just this all seems to be rather ambitiously stretching the joke awfully thin.
But one thing does give her pause enough -
"Asher Hardie's work, isn't that?"