He looked at her in what she thought was a strange way before he replied,
“I think you are aware that, as we are on our honeymoon, we are obviously expected to sleep together.”
“I thought that was the reason you had such a small room,” Elfa replied, “but, as I will sleep very well in your room, you can have the big bed.”
The Duke was just about to say that there was a much better and more obvious solution to the problem when he was aware that if he did so he would frighten Elfa and would break the pact that he had made with her.
“You forget I was a soldier,” he said instead, “and I can assure you the beds provided in the Army are usually small and extremely uncomfortable.”
He walked towards the communicating door saying as he did so,
“Goodnight, Elfa. Sleep well. We must set off earl
