I asked that a ball be held. For the first time in three hundred years, the Count put off his refusal to the following night, so I am someone who knows how to wait.

• CorbinI wasn't putting it off. I was calculating.
  SerenaWhen the calculating runs long, that in itself is the answer, Count.
• BartoltPolishing twenty mirrors takes nine days, my lady.
  SerenaThen let's make it the tenth night. I know how to yield a day, at least.