"She weren't expecting it. Gave her a shock." If he'd gone over to the Fox to talk, or if they'd let the cat out of the bag at Christmas lunch— she wouldn't have been so blindsided, she'd have seen in his face that he was sitting on some news, she'd have— "She'd have felt the same," Will realised, and his shoulders slumped. "She'd've held her tongue better, prob'ly, but she'd have felt the same."