"I wouldn't want to impose, of course." He added hurriedly, aware that playing cupid was probably not to Mariella's tastes, nor a way she would want to spend her evening. "But you know I value your judge of character." That was true enough, he supposed- he did not trust those that Mariella thought untrustworthy, but he often had difficulty trusting her and her kin too. At least he was flattering her, he hoped, and if she had ill intentions, there was little real damage she could do.