Hearing the doctor yell out the woman's name, had been before Douglas had seen what had happened but after the crash sound.  Inside, seeing the maid cleaning things up and her body language had Douglas stay back and stay quiet.  Accidents happened.  He could tell there was something tense between the two and did not want to get in between them.  The doctor did not seem to be the kind to abuse the servants, but perhaps he was mistaken in the reading of his manner. 

The young woman had been very meek back at the library, but she had a spirit.  He couldn't help but find it attractive.  She was pretty before, of course, but now he found himself wanting to follow her.  Though there might be a secret relationship between the maid and the doctor and this was a situation that was caused by that.  He would have to find out more before he put his foot into that situation.

"Should we wait for her to return with a new plate?" He asked after Pippa left the room with the broken plate and fallen food.