He caught that look and Biffy frowned apologetically. He hadn't meant to cast Greta's thought toward her own case of "dreadfully empty" but there had been no way to circumvent mentioning it to answer her question. Biffy only hoped she could easily be so lucky and find someone to share her space.

At least mention of Randolph seemed to truly distract her. Biffy let himself smile at the thought of Greta sitting down to tea with Randolph and quietly interrogating him. She was hardly as autocratic as Alexia Maccon but Biffy suspected Greta was absolutely capable of being stern enough to disquiet a man.

"Perhaps you could wear the scarf I gave you last Christmas, so that he knows you are an especial friend," he teased gently.