Seeing that his joke had not offended the ears of Rowena, he showed an air of relief in his face. He was never to sure of his innuendo’s and of how far to take them but he could see that Rowena was a well travelled women and was able to take his humour. This pleased him a great deal. He relaxed his shoulders and with the mildest of suggestions, he commented “Then we will have this rendezvous, as the French would say.”<br/><br/>He took a large mouthful of food and chewed it quickly so he could continue the in depth conversation with this mysterious woman called Lady Rowena.<br/><br/>Before continuing he turned his attention to the elder woman to Rowena’s side who saw it fitting to react so rudely in response to Rowena’s explanations. “Excuse me; your rude gestures have no place here in the presence of such as fine woman as Lady Rowena. I would be grateful if you would keep your remarks, no matter how small, to yourself in future. Of course if you do not there is always another room that you can be escorted to. So you can gesture to your hearts content in there if you so wish. Your choice of course.”<br/><br/>Before she could response or even before he could see the shock that was more than like about to appear on the face of the elder woman and the faces of many around him, he continued to focus on Rowena. “Sorry about that.” He said reassuringly “Some people forget their place when it comes to the dinning table.” In an attempt to put the conversation back on track, he praised “Your father sounds like a fine man with good advice. He sounds like someone I would like to meet someday. Anyway remind me again, where were we?” He smiled at her in a hope that she would still want to talk to him after his little outburst, but it was for her to decide on that.<br/>