LoL! Don’t give up the irony. (;D) I thought maybe you saw something more in JT’s “and then you have such — upon my soul, I do not know anybody like you.” I agree their conversation raised no suspicions of JT’s having affection for her in Catherine. Except with Henry, Catherine never looks for a deeper meaning in what folks say and in this instance it is a blessing because in the face of Isabella’s “My sweet love, do not be so abominably affected.” and “You know he is over head and ears in love with you.” in Ch. 18 Catherine has not just plausible deniability but inviolable deniability.