For a moment, she regards him blankly across the paper. Her laugh, when it comes, is an explosive thing—high and delighted and very bright as if he has said something truly hilarious.

"Lady Asgard! No, not at all! And I entirely doubt her as a candidate for annulment. I have seen—well, I cannot say. But I daresay that the usual reasons are entirely inapplicable. Lady Asgard," she echoes and laughs again, all good spirits as her attention lowers to what he has written on the page.

"No, it is for myself and Monsieur de Foncé of course. Although presently there is a small unexpected complication which my solicitor and I are struggling to untangle. It will be resolved presently, I am most certain."

He pauses to silently mouth the phrase as noted. Yes, all right. That does seem more correct...