Iestyn nodded, accepting her word, then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and straightened up. "I didn't know I was going to do that," he said.
David appeared at the back door with a glass of water, which he handed over with a rub to Iestyn's back. "I'll make some peppermint tea for you too, to settle your stomach," he said, going back inside. Iestyn rinsed his mouth out and spat into the garden with a grimace.