Doc calls the word out as James finishes the last turn around the pole, and he swings the boy around once more before he hits the grass in a heap, his hat being knocked off with the contact with the plush surface.
"Very well done, Master James," he commends the boy and then reaches for the dark grey derby on the ground, his cheeks a bit flushed from the excitement. "Very well done. Now," he says, as he sits up a bit on one elbow, chest still heaving slightly as he breathes and tries not to laugh as he brushes a few locks of the young boy's hair back to tidy it.
"I think you deserve something for such a wonderful performance," he continues, before he settles the derby hat on James' head, the sandy colored hair almost disappearing beneath it, and he lowers his voice a bit. "If anybody asks," he says. "You got that hat from Josiah Scurlock, of New York City, because every proper gentleman should have a hat just like that one," he taps the brim lightly and then winks at the child with a grin. "And you, Master James, are quite the gentleman."
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Doc calls the word out as James finishes the last turn around the pole, and he swings the boy around once more before he hits the grass in a heap, his hat being knocked off with the contact with the plush surface.
"Very well done, Master James," he commends the boy and then reaches for the dark grey derby on the ground, his cheeks a bit flushed from the excitement. "Very well done. Now," he says, as he sits up a bit on one elbow, chest still heaving slightly as he breathes and tries not to laugh as he brushes a few locks of the young boy's hair back to tidy it.
"I think you deserve something for such a wonderful performance," he continues, before he settles the derby hat on James' head, the sandy colored hair almost disappearing beneath it, and he lowers his voice a bit. "If anybody asks," he says. "You got that hat from Josiah Scurlock, of New York City, because every proper gentleman should have a hat just like that one," he taps the brim lightly and then winks at the child with a grin. "And you, Master James, are quite the gentleman."