He was troubled, that was obvious, something that Narcissa hated over all else. As he opened the conversation Cissy lent over and read the correspondence. She shivered despite herself. Rodolphus was her brother in law and she knew full well that he would easily live up to his word. Her eyes darted to the date as well, he had kept this from her for a long time, and she knew he did not want to worry her. It was still a little frustrating.
Narcissa breathed out slowly as she had done so many times in recent years to calm herself down. "I know you did the right thing, it would be worse if he thought us his enemy." She replied back and she really wanted to believe her words. Yet Narcissa knew full well that Rodolphus had many reasons to think of herself, in particular, as his enemy. "What else is there?"