I suppose making Charles read them might be entertaining. He used to be a bit of a snob.

[ She's not sure how he is with books anymore... Or a lot of things. It's been twenty years since they were together regularly, and ten years since they had learned to get close to each other on the fleet again. She has a lot of ground to make up, and she recognises it.

Still, she gets to work, nodding her head as she goes. ]

I've been living on my own for twenty years. I have no idea how to do anything domestic.