She might be aware, but he was hardly going to point it out anyway.

"Sounds like you've not had a proper amount of fun while you've been here," he declared. "I'm glad you invited me to visit then that we might fix that. We only have two days, but if I cannot get you smiling as you should be by this afternoon, I'll be foresworn as a Tsingano."

He might have been promising her fun, but Xanthippe seemed more lonely than anything else. Perhaps he'd make it a priority to kiss her until that slight bit of melancholy left her eyes.