"I'm stabled there as well," Julius replied, nodding. "I'll be meeting my wife there for dinner this evening."
And then Vine had asked about noble designs, and Julius couldn't help the rather indelicate snort at the question. "Hardly," he replied, shaking his head. "My wife was born to a well-to-do family, and I quite happily took her away from all of that as soon as I could."