Carlisle cuts Ignis an annoyed look. "You are not in the habit of gossip," he attempts to politely reassure the other man, despite his irritable expression, "but given that Kate and Glacius are quite close" — he gives his partner a little pat on the chest, or the serpentine part that makes it up, rather — "I would have assumed she'd have mentioned a beau sooner rather than later. But there has surely been much on her mind, as you said."

Like looking into necromancy. That's a time-waster if there ever was one.