why not give everyone some time to get to know nick and welcome him into the family ? `` what would he have done first ? '' he glanced behind him at the snow . she threw the phone down and slammed her bedroom door . there were too many other problems to solve . i was trying to talk myself out of what i was feeling , '' he said . sir gilbert did not know that he had it , or at least if he had noticed it when he examined his gear , a word was never said about it . 