Oh no, he probably had offended her. He couldn't really blame Miss Binns, he would have been offended too if he had been her. Proper ladies weren't supposed to worry about getting rid of pregnancies, or to know how to do it. Proper ladies got married and had their husband's children and the goal then was to have as many children as possible.

Marcus could have asked one of his seamstresses too. He supposed that he'd gone to Miss Binns, because she was so good at making sure everything worked smoothly at Lytton, that she could handle such a problem, too.

He made sure to tell her as much: "Of course! I have no doubt that you would never find yourself pregnant... Unless it was with your husband, of course. No, I ask because I know you could deal with any problem that stood in your way, Miss Binns."

He smiled, trying to salvage the offense he might have caused her.

"You see, I ask for one of our customers." He didn't mention Miss Cadden's name. "She entrusted me with her secret. She found herself pregnant against her will, tricked at a party by some terrible people. She really doesn't know how to deal with her problem and I want to help her."

---