Smiling broadly, Lord Lavelle nodded and bent in a slight bow; there were very few with enough power that he'd need bend fully at the waist for, and by the man's manner he was fairly certain that this newcomer was not one of them.<br/><br/>"The very same, yes! By all means, join us, although I fear you have the advantage of me." Plucking up a pair of wine glasses from the tray, he gave one to his lady wife, and the other to the newcomer, before taking one himself and sipping, studying what little he could see of the man around mask and costume. "Tell me, what manner of conversation needed an excuse for my company? Or is this perhaps regarding some sort of business that we might better conduct in private?"<br/><br/>He grinned broadly, and several of the family tittered; anyone who had been at the party for any length of time would have found that there was no privacy to be found in this building's rooms and halls.