In other circumstances, Avery would have smiled a bit broader at Winifred's brief blush. If it weren't for the general sense of unease about her and his memory of the way she flinched at her fiances. But his smile did, genuinely, broaden at Bryony's typical antics, both sweet and a bit oblivious.
"Oh no, not at all!" Bryony insisted, looking only all too happy to help. "You should have seen the damage I did to my dress at our sister's wedding. It was so beautiful, but Cass, my other - and much more impish! - brother, he thought it'd be great fun to spin me properly around during the country dances and he picked me right up off my feet and my skirt caught a corner on the trellic and an entire panel came off! I don't think I've ever been so embarrassed!" Bryony blushed just from the memory. "I mean, I had a slip on, of course, but still! Well,, thankfully it was at our home, so I could go mend it inside, but I still didn't have a lot of time, obviously. And that came off okay - at least well enough for the rest of the reception. And now," she blushed again as she admitted the following, "I actually keep some thread and needle with me. Because what if happened somewhere else?"
Avery chuckled at Bryony's story, but his eyes stayed on Winifred. "You can't force your good intentions on everyone you meet, Bryony," he admonished warmly. "If Lady Rosalina is intent to leave, we can't politely keep her here." The look in his eyes, though, said clear enough that he was happy for Winifred to stay.
"But I can do it in just a moment!"