Rose looked up startled. Was that it? Had he found out what she had been trying to do and was he disappointed over it?

"We're... married, aren't we?" she evaded. "It's what married people do." She pressed her lips together and looked down at the tasteless food. "I just felt..." she began in a somewhat higher pitch. She looked up imploringly. "I just felt I wouldn't mind it if I didn't get pregnant right away. We... I liked our time together, just the two of us, and..." she blushed slightly, "all of it." She turned her eyes down again. "I'm sorry."