"I should like that very much. I am sorry if...if what I said was somehow improper."

Sort of strange to heah a whore wondah if she's bein' impropah cos she asked someone out on a date, but I'm old enough to know that people's work lives an' private lives ain't the same, so I smile an' shake my head.

"Ain't nothing impropah, sweet. Like I said, I ain't one for dating. Not something I need. But flattahed you asked, ayuh. You come by the carnival, ask for Nu, you'll find me, have some tea." Smile at her. Don't offah my hand, cos I remembah that wasn't the Chinese way. Give her a little bow. Seems the least I can do. "You have a good day," I say, an' I go on my way.