Thomas smiled. He knew better than her words. Carter Cushing's reason had been an even more dire won. But that had not been where his dislike for the baronet had started and Thomas had felt entirely undeserving of his mistrust. Nonetheless, he feigned agreement. "I would but I dare say that it seems an impossibility also." He lapsed into a short silence. His mind drifted off to the future. "In a year from now we could be parents." Up to this date, there was no sign that it would happen. But they had a better chance of becoming parents than Lucille and him ever had. Children born from sin was nothing god tolerated. He had shown that more than clearly.