It could be that too, of course. He could pretend that there's a parade of lovely ladies coming by because he's a heartbreaker and he has every last one of them breathless with love. It seems a bit too much even for him, though.

"Aye, 'tis true enough," he says on a sigh as he takes her money. He takes it with a bit of a raised brow, of course. "We men haven't as long with our minds as the fairer sorts, but I'm certain I haven't the need to tell you that."