"No need to raise your voice Papa, I may be moribund, but I'm not deaf." she said, hand coming up to cradle her heard. "Mary said I needed to get my mind off things, she recommended going out and having a night on the town. I figured keeping myself occupied was a good idea and she usually manages to keep me out of trouble." not that it was always true, but Mary was always the good one out of the two of them.