"I enjoyed myself immensely," came his immediate reassurance. He'd have liked to ride, he thought, but he wasn't really in the correct apparel, had none of the equipment that he'd saved from his youth with him -- it was just not the right day. And there was something to be said about an yearned for activity being delayed just a bit longer. When he did ride, he knew it would be perfect, and he didn't want this week, or his own lack of preparations, to tarnish it. He could wait.
"Whenever you have time." It was an easy agreement, and he smiled through it, pleased with her assertion, and assertiveness.