He listened to her contemplations with a slight smile, her words barely registering (beyond the obvious confusion about local practices, which was only fair).<br/><br/>"It is nothing.  And I am well, thank you.  Her Majesty is sunning herself on the most recent pile of letters to go out, my orders are all written, and for now I am at loose ends until the homework piles up."  He leaned a bit closer, adding with a hint of mischief, "And the wolf, she was otherwise occupied, so I am not short of the breath.<em>Tu comprends</em>?"