Things were just about to get interesting. The unforeseen arrival of flowers from the Royal Engineer, and the regretful note accompanying them, had completely stupefied Corporal Bound. Ordinarily, Lily would have been all up in her face with questions about it, but this time she’d taken it slow; Honour Bound didn't look like she was in much condition to answer. From the shared reaction of the Sergeant and the Corporal, they had probably already discussed what happened this morning. And the delivery had been so unexpected as to strike both of them dumb.