Well. That non-reaction is a bit of a relief, honestly. Beth is, of course, free to sleep with whom she chooses, but he rather would be glad if she doesn't have some human-shaped hedgehog panting after her. Not his business, and he obviously doesn't care, but - Well.

"Marvelous thing," Byerly says, "but you have no right to say where I sleep and where I don't. Oh - are you not concerned for her virtue? Are you worried about your own, perhaps?"