"Honoria Crabb, I am the absolutely last man who gets to judge anyone for not being ready to leave their home. So if you're expecting me to push you before you're sufficiently recovered, you're wrong. That said, it would be a shame for both of us to have agoraphobia. People might start to think it's contagious."

He's teasing back, his voice warm as he works his way to proper wakefulness.