Ford seemed to have been struck speechless though Tycho supposed he couldn't blame him. He was also having trouble finding words to say. Ford was doing nothing to help the situation though Ty had no idea what he could have done. Mrs Greengrass was turning on him instead and shrieking loud enough he would be surprised if she did not wake the rest of the household.

And just how long had she been standing there? She was mentioning things that he had spoken more than a few minutes ago and he knew he had not spoken so loudly that she'd have heard it unless she was right outside the door. Tycho knew she had every right to be upset considering she was married to Ford but honestly, he still saw her as the interloper. It was not like Ford had married her because he loved her. Otherwise Tycho would not be here right now.

She had been the one to be stupid enough to be disrobing at a society event which had caused the upheaval of his life. "Make a habit of eavesdropping on people, do you?" He asked instead, not bothering to answer her. He had nothing else to say to her since she had said nothing he deemed worth responding to. At least, none of the things he wanted to say were things Ford would appreciate him saying. "Breathe, Ford," he murmured, worried about the state of him.