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> セイバーはどこに連れて行ってもいつもの調子だし、時には本気で怒っているのでは、と不安になるほど黙り込む事もあった。  
>  **お世辞にも楽しんでいた、と説明するのは憚られるぐらいの無反応ぶりに対して、こっちは次こそは次こそはと躍起になる。**
>
> Wherever I took Saber she looks the same as always, sometimes she goes so
> quiet that she looks anxious and I wonder if she is angry.  
>  Did she have any fun? The explanation to me asking myself this is that my
> reaction to her lack of responses to the degree that she looked as if she
> was hesitating, was to go around shops thinking desperately "This is it".

I am probably wrong since I do not understand that bold sentence. Can someone
help me?
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お世辞にも and quote
If I take the part in bold letters in such a way as “She doesn’t show any
interest in my addressing to her. So I got eager to let her quickly respond to
me next time, and another next time.” — sorry for my poor English translation.

お世辞にも楽しんでいた、と説明するのは憚られるぐらい can be translated as “It can by no means suggest
that she was enjoying my call / solicitation.

お世辞にも means “even for sake of compliment / lip service” by verbatim
translation, and expresses a strong negation, for example;

> 彼女はお世辞にも美人とは言えない。  
>  She isn’t beautiful by any means.
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> 彼はお世辞にも絵が上手いとは言えない。  
>  He is by no means a good painter.
>
> 彼の英語はお世辞にも流暢とは言えない。  
>  He doesn’t speak English well at all.

You can replace 'お世辞にも' with the similar phrase, '(お)義理にも' meaning 'even under
ethical obligation.'
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