Could she nudge him more? She had been trying for months to regain his attention but short of presenting herself entirely naked in his study she wasn’t quite sure what else she could do. He had been so ardent once, so devoted to her that she had scarcely thought to question whether it was normal behaviour for a husband.
“I think he has lost interest in me,” she admitted morosely. “After Ivan…”
Ustinya doesn't speak much English so unless otherwise stated she converses in Russian.