“Somebody is smitten with my Buttercup.”
“A smitten smile unexpectedly shot across my face, and I quickly hid it as best I could–purely out of habit. Will Stephens doesn’t get smitten smiles.”
“Buttercup, miserable even with Prim’s constant attention, huddles in the cube and exhales cat breath in my face.”
“Duhhhhhhh, tanks, Buttercup.”
“As you wish, Buttercup.”
“I was myself so smitten in public opinion that it was the almost universal view that my political life was at last ended.”