He looked between the women for a moment and squared his shoulders. "Tisn't proper that I asked ye to be my apprentice without considering a chaperone. I also should have consulted wit me fiance first... after all, she will be here too as she'll be me wife very soon. It's not fair to her for me to have done that." He didn't want to tell her she had to go, it wasn't fair to her. But it wasn't fair to Rose either.