Dan does pay attention, and so he does notice the way Elle looks at the box, but he can only draw the conclusion that she must have left it for Bunny and thinks it's getting returned as unwanted. He immediately jumps to dissuading her fears.

"Someone left a gift outside our bedroom, and I want to make sure it gets to the right home, since as far as I can tell it's got a card with a message on it. Do you mind giving it a read-over for me? I ain't opened the box or nothing and Bunny ain't due back for another few nights."

He also notices the books around her, but doesn't comment on those.

"I'd be grateful, since I still don't want to broadcast the illiterate thing to just anyone."