Rose was overwhelmed. "We have a bathi-?" But she was already distracted by the next, even greater surprise. "You bought it?! You own it?!" She laughed and followed him in, too dazed to speak any more. Her family rented the tiny tenement flat that was to pass as cottage. In fact, they only paid a few pound a year for it. The greatest expense her family had ever made was buying a coble. She could hardly comprehend the notion of owning a house. And one with multiple bedrooms, and a separate room for bathing. Did that mean they had indoor plumbing?!

While Andrew was trying to keep an appropriate distance, Rose walked over to hang off his arm. "Oh, Andrew. It it more than I could have dreamed of. I can barely believe it. This is a home indeed."