“That is--” Zechariah started, unusually agreeable … and then chaos ensued.

Zechariah scrambled to his feet when he felt such an awful sound heard his sister.

“Ruth!” he stage-whispered. “Keep it down, my fiancee is ill!”

Then, his gaze went from her head to her feet.

“Ruth!” he hissed, so scandalized he reddened with it. “Stay out of my closets!”