"Wonderful!" she exclaims with bright sincerity. "Congratulations to you both!"

She sets her tray down on the table and leans over, taking Koumyou's hand in both of her mitten-covered ones to examine the ring. She tilts his hand this way and that, assessing the way the light plays across the different bands of material in an almost proprietary way.

Bouncing backwards on releasing his hand, she claps hers together. "Lovely, lovely. How lucky you both are, to find such beauty in the darkness!"