[ graves might not have seen credence for very long, but he's heard of how industrious he is -- the butler has been providing reports on the tutor, and graves is aware that even the most hardworking individual needs a break once in awhile. a holiday off, so to speak. ]
You will still be paid, of course. [ graves is careful to add. he might be a demanding taskmaster, but he's fair, and there's something subtly endearing about the genuine surprise in the young man's face. ]
It's all right, I'll teach you. [ there is a hint of a smile that tugs at his mouth. ] I hear you grew up in a church.
[ credence really does work too hard. it will be nice to have a week to breathe, much as he adores teaching his charge. a holiday with a man as attractive as percival graves is doubly nice, though he's trying not to think about that part. very studiously. (it's difficult.) ]
Thank you very much. [ he realizes he hadn't even worried about that for the first time in his life. it isn't that he expects to be paid for a holiday, but that he knows he has somewhere to return to and doesn't have to worry after the bills that he can't pay.
i'll teach you. credence's smile now is sheepish and he realizes in that moment he's utterly smitten but keeps it carefully bottled up. just in case. ] I did, sir. My mother ran the church and kept people on that needed places to stay in our home, my sisters and I helped her.
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You will still be paid, of course. [ graves is careful to add. he might be a demanding taskmaster, but he's fair, and there's something subtly endearing about the genuine surprise in the young man's face. ]
It's all right, I'll teach you. [ there is a hint of a smile that tugs at his mouth. ] I hear you grew up in a church.
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Thank you very much. [ he realizes he hadn't even worried about that for the first time in his life. it isn't that he expects to be paid for a holiday, but that he knows he has somewhere to return to and doesn't have to worry after the bills that he can't pay.
i'll teach you. credence's smile now is sheepish and he realizes in that moment he's utterly smitten but keeps it carefully bottled up. just in case. ] I did, sir. My mother ran the church and kept people on that needed places to stay in our home, my sisters and I helped her.