She nodded softly, frowning. Pippa smoothed her hands over her still-flat belly and then upper thighs as she considered his next words carefully. "I don't wish to run anymore..." The young miss took a deep breath and expelled it, then her eyes lifted to his, guarded. Philippa then said, "I don't know what to do, honestly. Everything is happening all at once and it's so confusing. I wanted to apologize for even... admitting to what I did in front of you, I am sure it was inappropriate of me... But I suppose you would have found out soon enough... one cannot exactly keep a pregnancy secret forever."

And then they were on the topic of art and she tilted her head, "I only do it as a hobby..."