Even she can admit that these feelings are kind of unusual for her. She generally sees herself as an independent woman, one who is definitely not the clingy.

"I haven't had anything to drink," she said, even as she rests her chin on Jim's shoulder. His request is reasonable though, and she goes through her day in her mind. "After I woke up, I ate some breakfast and had some tea. Then I took the horse around the fields to see how the crops were progressing. Then I noticed a lot of new carnations had cropped up, so I cut some of them to put in vases inside the cottage."

They're still in the basket at her feet. That has to be it, doesn't it?