In truth, she was frightened of her brothers. She worried that if she told the truth to the constabulary, they wouldn't listen because Magnus would be likely to line their pockets with money. "You would do that?" she asked instead, sitting back down as well. Tilly merely sipped at her tea for a moment before speaking on the matter again.

"I'll tell ye why, Mister Scott... Magnus Carrington is a cad and would cheat his way out of a paper sack," said the maid ruefully.