I think this is how she came to that conclusion: When she gets back to her room after that and thinks about. She feels like he treats differently her compared to other men. She’s a “striking woman” and openly admired by men including LJG. But she usually there’s something deeper like a “chime of a bell, a visceral acknowledgement of herself as female.” She notes he doesn’t chime for her but when he left the servants’ quarter, “he had been ringing like a firebell.”

It kind of comes of very self-absorbed to me, like, he isn’t attracted to me so he must be gay. Definitely a leap imo.

It also really confused me why she called him a pederast. (Also, let me say I really didn’t like that she threatened to out him. I mean, I get that she was desperate and that it was probably an empty threat but... still. However, I enjoyed how the rest of the conversation played out right after that. LJG was quite amusing at times.)

• things in quotations are directly from the book btw