Behind them, the steward picked up Josu and efficiently put him into his cat carrier, which got a low yowl until the plate of tuna was tucked in there, too. And then he slipped out, closing the door quietly, if gently, behind him.

"Just you, you ridiculous man," she said, in answer to the question in his voice and that he had to ask at all. "Just you."

Welllll...her steward's departure did add one or two small possibilities to that list. "Go lock the door?" she suggested.

And then moved over to the chaise since someone was being precious about climbing into her lap.