can you be a really big girl hope , and wait downstairs by yourself ? he hurried toward the ballroom to find james , his pathway lit by the orange glow of flames behind him . `` it was my pleasure and my duty , madam . after all , she shared his affection for travel and a good hotel . they were pretty wet , but i think i dried them out well enough . perhaps you are one of those . i had n't had anyone touch me like this in so long . 