Bert shook his head "Nowt a lady, ye could have fooled me. Yer finery does ye great credit." If she had been an actual lass with a higher standing, their coupling would be a problem, cause for scandal, but she was not. She was a widow, so not much thought was given to the situation faced by her kind. It was all in Bert's hands now, he just had to ask Inspector Munro for permission to marry, stop into a shop for a keepsake to cement the union, and then apprehend her and say those grave words --

"Are ye hungry, Delilah?"