Tristan drew another deep breath. How could his sister be so... unreasonable? "I took her in, even though she knew nothing about housekeeping, because I felt sorry for her. I made it clear, no followers, and she went above and beyond disobeying that order. Anyone would have sacked her on the spot when they learned she was pregnant, but I did not, again, because I felt sorry for her. I went so far as to buy a gun because she told me she was in danger. And yet she herself would go out and put herself at risk, disappear for hours - which alone would have been a reason for any employer to sack her for slacking off of work - and drinking with strange fellows. If I have reprimanded her, it is because I worry about her. Because like most well-educated young ladies, she was taught nothing useful about the real world." If is sounded like that statement had more than one application, it was because more than one was intended.