Alfred frowned at her, sitting back in his chair. She probably didn't want to revisit the subject of her relationship with the shopkeeper, but he couldn't help thinking of it when she had opened the door to it like that by talk of settling down. Not that she'd used those words, but still.

"Have you told your man that?" he asked. "I'm no expert, but I do think people read books in Corfu."

What he meant was that he still didn't think this was insurmountable — particularly if it was just England she was so dramatically opposed to.