Actually, Lucas was thinking about these things because he had never met Ivy Grant. If he had met Ivy, he would have been completely charmed by her. Ivy was truly fearless, and didn't care about anything. For example, at lunchtime today, Sophia Brown had actually restrained herself quite a bit.
Sophia's bravery was based on observation, she was more worldly and knew what to say at the right time, so she would hold back a lot. But Ivy really didn't care about these things.
So sometimes, if we could see more people, maybe the people in front of us wouldn't matter that much. But where are there so many opportunities?
After Lucas sent Sophia back, he told David Thompson that the child had been safely delivered.