"I've since learned he has. I had a hunch he did beforehand, which is where I got the idea, because...ah..." I hadn't meant for the conversation to loop around to this, and my face turns a bit red with embarrassment to bring it up. "Well. There's this twat named Magnus, and he turned me into a cat. Simon quite enjoyed it, so I thought he might like to have a real one."

I look away politely when I see Demelza's blush, assuming what it must mean. I did hear about the chocolate having a rather aphrodisiac effect on some. I couldn't have just gotten that sort of chocolate, of course, which would have made the day far more pleasant. "I didn't until afterward. It sent me into something of a romantic frenzy, and I spent nearly all the money I had in the bank on Simon. That's why the cat."