Rufus couldn't help it, he snorted in amusement at her accusation. He'd had no reason to cause trouble with Miss Dippet and after all she had been the one to volunteer with him, not the other way around. But as she was the accusing then it could hardly be her to have caused this. “Me?” He shook his head. “Hardly.”

Looking around no one else appeared to have noticed their predicament, or what could be considered a very impolite and indiscreet situation. Probably better to keep others from noticing, after all, if he remembered correctly, Miss Dippet’s wedding was coming up shortly and he had no desire to be the one to cause any sort of talk about it. “Perhaps we should find somewhere a bit quieter to sort this out?” Gesturing with his free hand to a quieter less busy path nearby with plenty of bushes at its edges. With her chaperone, she had to have one nearby (didn't she?), it should be the toute to keep people from talking. How Rufus had gotten himself into another situation of keeping people from talking about Miss Dippet he was quite unsure.