Everyone calms down after that. There are other people to greet, and they probably all realised how terribly Elsa was coping, being in the spotlight. Anna ends up taking her to one of the spare rooms so she can have a lie-down, because being pregnant is hard enough work and because it all just becomes too much.

"Nice girl," her mother comments while Anna's helping prep the potato salad.

Anna nods. "Yeah..." she murmurs softly, more to herself than anything. Her mother gives her a knowing look, but says nothing. Not that it really matters anyway.

She knows.