He finally calmed himself enough to meet her eye and she was relieved to see them light and silvery. "Did you really accost me with "condescending maleness'?" She pursed her lips, finding it wiser not to respond, lest this was all a ruse and the blank-eyed, monster was on deck to appear. He shook his head at her, then lit a cigarette and murmured, "Oh, Penny, how extraordinarily puzzling you are."