His cheeks reddened as he quickly brought the glass to his lips, taking a long slow draw of his drink. It was rather embarrassing to have the answer seem so obvious. When the explanation was complete he nodded softly and gave an embarrassed but polite smile. "Yes of course. A silly question, my apologies. For my part, I'm starting to realize I should have taken you up on your offer to have a more private discussion."<br/><br/>He looks out to the crowd to see if Edmond might have found his cousin, but it had only been a few moments so it was unlikely he could have. "I feel as though I may have interrupted before. And it seems that anything else we might have to say on our current subject are best left for the calling day. As such, please continue with whatever conversation you were engaged in. I wouldn't want to impose any more then I already have."