Sethra Lavode (Viscount of Adrilankha)
““We can attend if you wish,” said Khaavren. “I have received an invitation; and, I should add, an invitation written on silk in gold lettering.”
“Well, and how have you replied?”
“Replied? I was to have replied?”
“It is the custom, my lord.”
“Ah, well, you see, if there are customs to how to set the guard, or even how to salute a gentleman into whose skin one is about to poke a certain number of holes, I know these. But, as to customs for entertainments, I confess to a lamentable ignorance.”
“S...o then, you have not replied?”
“Exactly. And, as I have not replied, well, I should imagine we can do as we please.”
“Well then, my lord, how do we please? That is to say, what is your pleasure in this regard?”
“For my part,” said Khaavren, shrugging, “I confess that I have little enough interest in such pastimes. Yet, should you wish to attend, why, I give you my word it would be no hardship.”
Daro smiled softly. “Oh, I am a most complaisant wife, my lord, you know that.MoreLess
“Well, and how have you replied?”
“Replied? I was to have replied?”
“It is the custom, my lord.”
“Ah, well, you see, if there are customs to how to set the guard, or even how to salute a gentleman into whose skin one is about to poke a certain number of holes, I know these. But, as to customs for entertainments, I confess to a lamentable ignorance.”
“S...o then, you have not replied?”
“Exactly. And, as I have not replied, well, I should imagine we can do as we please.”
“Well then, my lord, how do we please? That is to say, what is your pleasure in this regard?”
“For my part,” said Khaavren, shrugging, “I confess that I have little enough interest in such pastimes. Yet, should you wish to attend, why, I give you my word it would be no hardship.”
Daro smiled softly. “Oh, I am a most complaisant wife, my lord, you know that.MoreLess
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