He did not like this one bit. The women flocking around Alice to protect her only made it all so much more visible. He had met Alice before, had examined her, had felt sorry for her, but he had also seen how hard of a time she was giving Tobias, and he had hoped that after the pregnancy and birth, she would slowly get better and the marriage would get... well - Tobias was fooling himself -, would become bearable at least. But this time he could not read Alice's body language as that of an irritated wife. He only saw a frightened child.

He stepped closer to Tobias. "You don't want to play this part, Tobias. Look at her. Come for a drink, and let her go with her friends, and talk it out when you're calmer."