"An old maid? You? What absolute rubbish!" he snorted, not believing her claims. "Anyone who would call you that is either an idiot or a liar." he said. "But you do have a point about mingling." he said, kneeling down to pick up his hat from where it had fallen from his head. "Again, I'm sorry about tripping over onto you before. I must say though, you took it far better than the last person who was caught up in one of my spills like that." he commented, rubbing his jaw for a moment.