Granted permission to be free with her - not that he could not have cajoled it out of her in time if needed, he still his hand on her thigh feeling the soft skin there and knowing it would likely be sensitive giving her inexperience. He leaned over to kiss her reminding himself of just how pliant she would be if he introduced her to pleasures of the flesh and guided her hand to her laces. "Unlace yourself sweetling, my hands are occupied."