"I suppose it depends on what kind of boy you'll bring home. I don't know about your mother, but I was very happy for Rachel when I'd learned that she was seeing your father, even if things didn't work out between them in the end." He suspected that while Argine might be horrified - initially - at the prospect of letting her daughter grow up into her own woman, she would come to terms with it.

"You might give her a heart attack if you were planning on introducing Julien as your boyfriend though."