After going for his walk yesterday, Alan had returned to the house as quietly as possible and grabbed his wallet, phone, and a change of clothes. Then he'd left again, avoiding Will.
And now here he was, getting drunk in a hotel room alone when he should be out there celebrating Marian's return.
With Much's knock on the door, Alan pulled himself up off the bed and went to answer it. "Welcome to my pleasure dome," he told his old friend flatly, gesturing in towards the small room, mostly just a bedroom with a bathroom attached.