His head cocked slightly to the side as he studied her through the ringing silence in his mind. Her announcement made no sense what so ever. He knew in a way that went beyond mere knowledge that Audrey had never let that piece of scum touch her so a face-saving farce of a marriage was not necessary. But he knew their Society as well as anyone and knew that there were other pressures that could be brought to bare to bring a wayward daughter back in line. Truthfully, the why of the matter meant little as it was not going to happen.
"No," he said, twitching his hand just so that his wand fell precisely into his waiting hand from his sleeve pocket. "That is not going to happen. I will deal with the bastard myself before I allow him even the opportunity to lay a single finger upon you." He'd never cast an Unforgiveable in his life, but there were other ways to remove Yaxley from the playing field. A nice, neat severing hex across the throat, for instance.