Moreover, Arabella was rather delighted that Ferdinand also liked her favorite Lobelian dishes.
Her younger siblings kept getting stiff every time she said Ferdinand's name and kept getting astounded that Ferdinand was fine with it and was acting like any normal human being.
Because of all the rumors about Ferdinand, they had such a negative image of him too, and thought he might blow up any second and scold Arabella or the people around them. They even feared he might kill someone if he got irked as the rumors said.
Thus, they were so surprised that Ferdinand had been accommodating and gentle to Arabella the whole time. He did not give them glares or any kind of intimidation or insult either.
Benjamin already told their three younger siblings that Arabella was fine since Ferdinand was better than they expected and was treating Arabella very well.
