And, of course, there was the way that Liliana was almost vibrating on his arm, similar to how she felt when she had a surprise, though not quite. This was pure kid-in-a-candy-shop excitement that she was trying to downplay--with less success than she'd like, but even that wasn't enough to lessen her effervescent pleasure.

"Shall I describe things for you, love?" she asked. "Or are you still taking things in in other ways? We can also walk about the commons a bit more, give you a feel for the space?"