Ferrier makes a low hum-like noise. "Not at all. I have always been something of an early riser. The most you have done is draw me away from my usual habits by manner of curiosity. Most of our visitors are clients, not... whirlwinds."

Don't you worry, Erin, there isn't a single bit of Theresa Ferrier that believes Crabb is the person in this arrangement doing the wooing. She knows her far too well to think she would take that leap right now without someone making it first.