Hoo wur stonnin' i' th' front of a weshin'-mug, wi' a lin brat afore her.

to get off scot-free

The sixth prosomal appendage is modified in both xiphosurids and chasmataspidids for use in locomotion or burrowing.

So you aren't deserting the Caversham ship. They'll understand. After all, their courtship was pretty whirlwind itself.