The gift had been an intricately designed set of golden bangles, which Horace had hoped would appeal to Julia's feminine nature. Beaming at her response, he took a seat and rested his hands upon his knee. "Tea would be delightful, thank you. I've been well... I believe I've fully recovered now, from my long return journey and am settling back into routine. I might have to do some creative arranging in my library, expanding the room somehow to accomidate all the books I brought back with me. Otherwise, if not for these ghastly attacks, I would say everything is normal."