"Do ye wish tae live separately?" He asked slowly. "The marriage contract between us is satisfied—it's legal. Ye're protected, safe from anything much save a warrant, and even from that, so long as ye're at Leoch. If ye wish, we may live apart—if that's what ye were tryin" tae say wi" all yon rubbish about Laoghaire. Ye need have little mair tae do wi" me, if that's yer honest choice."