Essery laughed and let her head fall back against the window. She was flushed from wine, and laughing made that deeper, but she was genuine whens he answered with, "I did, of course. He was so mopey, it would have put all of the students out of sorts who had to be around him, and I didn't want the whinging. But..." she looked at him from the corner of her eyes, and there was something sly in that look, "I did think it was great fun, too."