In her carmine dress with caramel accents she was certainly arresting to look at, giving pause to his heartbeat and putting criminal thoughts in his head. The picture of a refined lady, at a glance of higher class than actually true; one worthy to hang upon his arm at the policeman's fund ball. She did not strike him as kinsfolk to those loud, obnoxious, women parading on the bandstand for a cause political.

"Delilah." He was passed the formality of Mrs O'Connor, but they were still in public and reputation was important. "Sorry I've been away, I've been busy." then he remembered "This is fer ye." Bert produced a single red rose. The florist had said it had special meaning. "I see it matches yer new dress."