Something in his lovers expression didn't sit right with him. He extricated himself from Ford and listened as the other spoke. Ford was hiding something more from him and he could not help but wonder what it might be.

"Why would you leave a party when you are the usual chaperone for your sisters?" Tycho asked before his attention became more focused on the fact Ford had to marry someone. "Married. So you've come to say goodbye?" There were so many questions here. What was some young unwed lady doing undressing in a coat room in the first place? Was Ford still going to be bound by those same values he'd held when he'd broken off with his former lover that had gotten married? Would he expect Tycho to continue this relationship, knowing Ford was going home to a wife? His heart was breaking either way and he was not doing a very good job of keeping that fact out of his expression .