He helped catch the falling cup as best he could, but suddenly he was being held.

"Well, I certainly do not object to being hugged by a young woman as pretty as yourself," he said, returning the hug. And it did not escape his notice what he had been called. Which was why hiss next words were said with gentle humor, an invitation to smile with him, to tell a tale, "Though I would like to know what I did to deserve it."