"I'm sorry, my dear. Perhaps at some other point. Before dinner?" she turned and looked at Gavin, she had no issues deferring to him, at least on matters concerning his sister. "I did promise her we'd speak." She hated to disappoint the girl, but she thought her discussion with Gavin had gotten fairly well along in terms of his views on women. Smiling, she laid a hand on Gavin's arm. "Thank you, your highness. It was a most enlightening discussion. I look forward to continuing it." And with that, she moved away to hook arms with the princess.<br/><br/>"Come my dear, it isn't done to wander around in your night clothes. Not even in my barbaric country."