"And here I had mild hopes that Howard would at least have the bloody sense to remove that when he had a child," Peggy sighs, but then, this is Howard. He probably simply forgot and then poor Jarvis had to come up with that ridiculous excuse that didn't even make any sense.

How she would have loved to see him stammer that explanation out, though, she thinks it would have given her amusement for a whole week. "I'm used to Starks being fidgety and arses," she assures. "This will be easy."

She laughs, warmly this time, when he asks 'please', and that earns him the remainder of the space crossed as she moves her line over. "Someone taught you manners, so you're not fully without hope."