"It's less that I heard and more that I'm not an idiot," Lucinda snapped. As he was sinking into her couch, she was sharpening in her seat opposite him — all upright posture and sharp angles, and her next words were punctuated by her pointing at him.
"I'm not the only person who's going to guess, either," she added, because she wasn't. She was the only person to catch them in a library — Merlin, she hoped she was the only person who had caught them in a library — but these things were difficult to cover up, and courting couples didn't elope without warning. "Have you decided what you're going to do about that?"
Elsie was no doubt the brains of this operation — Lucinda was not naive, and did not assume her cousin had minimal involvement in the creation of said infant — but Tybalt Kirke was, for better or worse, the head of this family.
"I'm not the only person who's going to guess, either," she added, because she wasn't. She was the only person to catch them in a library — Merlin, she hoped she was the only person who had caught them in a library — but these things were difficult to cover up, and courting couples didn't elope without warning. "Have you decided what you're going to do about that?"
Elsie was no doubt the brains of this operation — Lucinda was not naive, and did not assume her cousin had minimal involvement in the creation of said infant — but Tybalt Kirke was, for better or worse, the head of this family.