[ her heart clenches. Sholmes will feel her free hand drift to touch the small of his back. ]

Miss Iris... how are you thinking London might react if one day, perfectly human woman was giving birth to little horned, red-skinned baby? This... indelible mark that her family line has been tainted by some Mephistophelian bargain, that all who see that babe will know their sordid secrets and lay down judgement?

[ you must first know the reason why before you can despise it ]