"...Ah." The question was so odd that he paused a moment to actually remember the date. Well, he could use the proximity of the new year as an excuse. "1889. December...23rd." He glanced about again, inexpressibly awkward, and a bit off-put by the implications of her question. "Shall I suppose I am not, in fact, going to be capable of simply stepping back out onto the street?"
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