Febs, as promised, had been minding her Ps and Qs after Tuni's elopement. So far nothing had come back at her, but then again, gossip never failed to do its job, even after days had passed. It would no doubt get out somehow and she was waiting for the other shoe to drop, but as long as the minister didn't hear about it specifically (which she assumed he wouldn't?) hopefully it would blow over and go mostly unnoticed. She certainly wouldn't be stepping that far out of line again.

Thankfully, now that they were in the cottage, she had plenty to keep her busy. Setting up the bedroom had been first, but mostly because it got used the most- as of right now. She'd had her vanity brought from her house in Hogsmeade, they'd managed to get together a wardrobe and the like to keep everything in, the bed itself was all set up and ready to go with a new mattress, it was heaven really. The only drawback so far was that it was too cold for her to have the windows open while she puttered around. There was something about that fresh sea air that made Febs feel automatically at home.

Today was library day and thanks to Mr. Binns' help earlier in the week, she had a brand new stack of books to put away. She'd managed to find some really comfortable armchairs for the room and had thought about purchasing a sofa, but the room itself, though the shelves covered every wall, floor to ceiling wasn't very big itself. Plenty of shelf space, not a lot of floor space. The armchairs had been arranged in front of the fireplace this morning, but Febs was waiting for her surprise to arrive today while Edric was at work and that would require rearranging again. But no matter, she'd already planned on it and when Mrs. H had called on her to say that the desk had arrived from her grandfather's house, she nearly jumped for joy.

The gentlemen that brought it in for her set it in down exactly where she'd envisioned it and with the new leather chair behind it really looked quite handsome in the room. It wasn't anything terribly fancy, a good size, mahogany with some details on the edges of the surface, but that was it. Hopefully he liked it. Febs knew he tried not to do a ton of work at home, not now anyway, but she figured he should have a nice place to do it if necessary and if it was in the library she could read in her cozy corner and they would still be spending time together. She'd even gotten him some new quills and ink when she'd picked up her own new stationery yesterday in the alley.

Mrs. H was making dinner and setting up the kitchen when Febs heard her call her name. She'd asked Mrs. H to let her know when Edric got home so she could surprise him. Scooting from the library, she met him down the hall before he could get to the door. "Hello Love, I have a surprise for you!" Febs chirped with an eager smile on her lips.