what he did note as he briefly flicked a glance across at her for the second time in as many minutes was that , as hed noticed the day at ikea and while she had been talking with him upstairs in the chateau a week ago was that when she became passionate about something she tended to speak with her hands in a sort of fluid way that reminded him of some exotic dance he liked that and didnt want to stop her in mid-dance so merely nodded at her to go on .