Silina frowned.<em>"Your servant?  My servant?",</em>she hissed behind him.<em>"A lowly thief serving us?  You might as well just hand her the keys to the palace and let her have all our valuables - save her the effort of stealing them.  This is most unacceptable.  We'll be the laughing stock at court as soon as it gets around that we have a thief serving us."</em><br/><br/>She swallowed hard as she saw all eyes turn from the woman towards her and managed to put on a mask of civility.  "M'lord, as you wish."  she said with demureness in her sweet voice but under her breath so that only the Prince could hear her she hissed again.  "M'lord, surely we can discuss this later?"<br/><br/><br/>