But Sean wasn't going to let himself be absolved of cleanup duties so easily.  He vigorously protested Mike's assertion, saying, "no, no--you cooked us a great dinner, it's only fair that I should help clean up.  I don't want you guys to think I'm lazy."   Even though the Dane insisted otherwise, Sean would not hear of it.   He scooped up the glasses before Katy could get ahold of them, and the rest of the silverware as well.  "My ma would not think she raised me right if she found out I didn't offer to pull my weight," he explained to Mike as he followed the other man downstairs.  "Girls, you go ahead and get the hot tub warmed up for us.  We'll be up as soon as we're done with the dishes."  With that, he followed Mike down with his armload.<br/><br/>Only once he arrived in the kitchen did it occur to him that Mike wanted to get Katy alone.  He smacked himself on the forehead.  "Oh, man, I'm sorry," he apologized to Mike.  "You probably wanted to talk to Katy, and I bungled it."<br/><br/>To make amends for this breach of etiquette, he took up rinsing and drying duty, washing off the dishes that Mike handed to him under the tap and drying them with a towel he found under the sink.