Oh! [Toby nods at Dorian's response.] I got it. All makes sense now.
[Though he pauses, thinking.] Huh. Is he one of the newer imPorts, was he assigned to work there, or does he quite suddenly and randomly own the place? Wait, you don't have to answer. Thinking aloud, is all. Still... He called it a "gentleman's club"?
[Like, those exact words? They weren't... quite that, not before the 18th century.]
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[Though he pauses, thinking.] Huh. Is he one of the newer imPorts, was he assigned to work there, or does he quite suddenly and randomly own the place? Wait, you don't have to answer. Thinking aloud, is all. Still... He called it a "gentleman's club"?
[Like, those exact words? They weren't... quite that, not before the 18th century.]