"She is right to be concerned," Elihu admits. "My brother has many virtues, but his temper is a dreadful thing."

"Would you be averse to continuing this conversation over drinks?" he asks. "It would be appropriate for me to buy a friend of my sister some drinks, surely?" He's using 'friend' since Skellig seems to be more than an acquaintance or a means of sating his sister's needs. Husband would never occur to him.