He smiles, a little wry about the eyes. "I am honored." He takes her hand and raises it to his lips, keeping his eyes upon hers as he kisses it. "Or perhaps you would prefer a female partner, at least in form, as you once did." He draws himself gently in to her, rather than the other way around, and settles himself into the following role. He trusts her to understand the nuance. "I shall ask you to pick the dance, and I am sure that whatever it is, it shall suit me as well as anything, or I shall learn something new."