"You knew Cuthbert and Alain were planning something."

Quiet as they'd tried to keep it, he knows she'd known about it, if not the details. "I'll let them tell, when we meet them. But the crux of it is that they plan to sit up with you tonight."

He folds his hand under hers and lifts it to press a kiss to her knuckles. "If you wish me there, I'll come. And if not, I'll be waiting here for you in the morning."