DANGEROUS SLIP OF THE TONGUE

"DID YOU meet Duke Winchester?"

"I did, Marquis Lennox," Rufus answered Marquis Lennox's question. "Someone has to keep the representatives of the Twelve Golden Families, after all."

When he got to his office, it did not surprise him to find Marquis Lennox waiting for him.

He couldn't work at the current state of affairs anyway, so he invited the marquis to the drawing room for some tea.

[This is already my second tea for the day.]

"You look like you're in a good mood," Marquis Lennox observed. "Did you convince that stubborn old man to cooperate with us?"

He nodded before he answered. "Duke Winchester and the rest of the Noble Faction will join us when we meet Prince Nero again later."

"How did you convince him?"