To keep the news private for any length of time was a displeasing notion, but here he supposed he had to bow. She was right, after all—say there was trouble in the coming weeks, and the fetus ripped away from them? She had looked so happy before—he couldn’t imagine what pain it might give her to mourn a child lost so soon. And if it would help strengthen her trust in him, then there was only one thing left to do.