Thérèse couldn't help her giggles as Théodore recognised her and hugged her. She hugged back, somewhat elated that her brother was alive and well, and doing well for himself, from what she could see. She'd always figured he would've had some kind of successful business, if he didn't marry some rich lady at court.
"Oh, Théo, it's been too long! I saw your advertisement in the newspaper and just had to come and see you... I'm living in Surrey now, at this delightful country estate owned by this wonderful lord..." She trailed off, smiling wistfully before looking up as he took her wrist and led her through the mess. "You look so different! Paris seems worlds away now, my wedding was so long ago..." She looked downwards for a moment before up again to keep an eye on where she was going. "Did you hear? About my husband?"