His eyes shot up at the noise, bizarrely startled despite having seen its origin for himself and Orlando supposed it was a sign of quite how frayed their collective nerves were that silverware rattling on china made his heart beat faster. Either that or he could hear the housekeeper grumbling about the potential scratch and her wrath was an equally terrifying prospect.

“Don’t fret Ada, at least we’re all together,” he said soothingly as he set down his own cutlery, not even slightly hungry. “I’m more worried about Rex than anything, what if this drags into the new term and he has to start later? I know everybody else would be in the same boat but he’s looking forward to it so much.”

He reached out to cover his sister’s hand with his own, smiling wryly, trying to make her do the same. “Merlin help him if the three of us have to become his teachers.”