[Boring to someone else, perhaps, but Amelia is having dinner with perhaps the one person in the hotel who would find the sordid history behind the holiday fascinating and wonderfully engaging dinner conversation.]

I do love a history lesson with my romantic evenings! [Said without a hint or irony or sarcasm, though his tone does soften as he continues:] I'm glad to be able to celebrate it with you, as well. There is no one I would rather be with this evening.

[Or most evenings, if he's being truly honest.]

Would it be terribly unromantic of me to ask about those religious origins...?