I usually do not take kindly to intruders even if they take on the form of an owl. Today had been an especially trying day at work, and the traffic on the way home had not improved my already bad mood. So without much ado and asking how it had got into my study in the first place, I signaled the animal that it was to fly back to wherever it had come from. 

I think it said something to me like: "You're making a mistake if you are really marrying that lady." 

As if I had not known that!