She nodded, enthusiastically, with an "mm-hmm," when he looked to her, hands folded in front of her abdomen.

She gives the woman a little wave. Someone in the typing pool, she thinks? Must be some mistakes to fix, tonight. Seems like it's going around, really.

"I don't think anybody would hold it against you!" she replied, with a slight smile. "I mean, it's a tea shop, not a den of...scheming, or whatever."

She paused, tilting her head.

"Which tea shop?"