It's alright," he said, and was only mildly surprised -it's one of the things Martha used to get cross with him about, he knows, and she (Una and Martha both) deserves (deserved) better than that (even if it scares him sometimes)- that he really meant it. To cover he added;"I am rather interesting. And do you know, I'd almost forgotten? But I did promise, didn't I?" He smiled back at her, a little shyly.

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