While she's in there, Miles cozies a little while longer and then gets up and picks out an outfit of his own - plain and boring, because there's no point whatsoever in trying to outshine his wife and the effort required to so much as approach keeping up is daunting enough to reserve for special occasions. So when she emerges, he has a stack of clothes in his arms.

"You look beautiful," he says. "Not that you ever haven't."