Benedict imagines his mother wouldn't quite like that. She's both very progressive and very much about etiquette all at once, and he imagines that she'd think it unbecoming to be so personal so soon in an otherwise professional relationship. But Benedict thinks that Silver can't be that much older than him, anyway, and if the man's going to be spending a couple days a week at his home then he may as well be a bit familiar.
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Benedict imagines his mother wouldn't quite like that. She's both very progressive and very much about etiquette all at once, and he imagines that she'd think it unbecoming to be so personal so soon in an otherwise professional relationship. But Benedict thinks that Silver can't be that much older than him, anyway, and if the man's going to be spending a couple days a week at his home then he may as well be a bit familiar.