Frederic's smile beamed across his face. "Clover thinks highly of you," he said honestly, rubbing her shoulder in a sweet gesture, "he will be over the moon when he hears the news." Indeed, the boy would be quite glad- although Clover had stopped bugging his father about it recently, he'd always wanted siblings, Frederic knew, and the idea of growing up (as Fred hoped would be the case) with two other children in the home would be a splendid announcement to him.