"No?" Ellie said in surprise, wondering how he could possibly have avoided it for so long (and just what sorts of women, or woman-shaped beings, he had been with, though she had no intention of asking.) "Well, I'm sure you'll do just fine.

"Shall we find someplace a little more private?" she murmured. If Aziraphale hadn't been nearby, she might not have scrupled at getting down to business right there by the fire, but she wasn't sure Hermes was quite that uninhibited.