"Yew'd be a spinster by 25 about 200 years ago because yew weren't expected to live longer than 35 or 40. Lass, times have change." He was beginning to think she was more exhausted than the wood cutting.
He sighed though and tightened his arms around her. "Yer clothes are old-fashioned an' pink. Ask tha vampire. He'd agree. Ah bet he'll say he saw yer grandmother wearin' 'em." It'd be even weirder if he knew her grandmother, he thought. It was a good thing he wasn't aware of the conversation the two held early on.