Kate's grateful for the 'condition' of her alias when the clerk informs them that they'll be staying in the bridal suite. It makes covering her face to hide the blush in her cheeks (can't have that, now, married woman and all) less suspect.

(She never got a bridal suite. Instead, she had a belly full of brandy and a headache the morning after to remember by, not even having the chance to spend one day wed to the man she [never told she] loved.)

She goes through all the social niceties of accepting Ben's arm and departing from the clerk's line of sight, before she lowers her hand from her face, watching her feet as they climb the stairs.

"We can draw lots," she says quietly, lips quirking into a barely-there smile. "Over who gets the bed."