They probably had a holiday weekend row over it rather than just a two day one, but he was getting better at considering her point of view. Better.

"I really was ready to retire and support you in any endeavor that you decided you wanted to do, especially as my successor, but I'm not a man of leisure. I couldn't retire to putter around the house." He smiled slightly, "as nice as that image is of being a house husband, I would have had to have something occupy my mind." There's a part of Arthur that wonders if he'll go stir crazy on the island.