Diana laughed softly. "No, not really! I mean, his pub seemed a pretty seedy place, after all -- no offence to him intended, of course! But still... Not exactly a good place for a young girl to find herself, anyhow! I mean, I didn't know that Aberforth was such a great bloke, back then, and would have kept me from being raped or summat...!"
She allowed herself to be dragged as she answered James's last words to her, and then smiled wryly at the old man. "Mr Crawford? Or should I continue to call you Sir Anonymous?" she asked, dryly, as she reached out for a hand to shake.