Their hands don't touch as Cal takes the watch. Is it Grahame making sure of that, or Cal? Either way, the shuddering mix of relief and aching disappointment sharpens Grahame's reply.

"She told you (http://isaysimplewords.livejournal.com/6480.html) that I owed her," he reminds his nephew. "What did you think she meant by that? Or don't you think at all? I was led to believe you had taken up the habit. I must have been mistaken."