As the two elven guards admitted they'd like a bit of a respite  Tehr nodded and then motioned to Angelique,<strong>"Would you have miss Applemane take these two gentleman to the kitchen, see them well comfortable, and then given rooms on the third floor in servants quarters?"</strong>Then to the two elven guards he said,<strong> "You are free to use the grounds for training so long as it does not disrupt any household functions or those of the staff, likewise I invite you to relax in the game room and the conservatory as you please, but request that save the kitchen you please restrict yourself from entering the other rooms of the manse."</strong><br/><br/>With that he gestured for the duke to follow into the Living room where they could converse.  Rosalyn along and Angelique off to join shortly after.  Only when they were settled did the Duke seem more ready to speak.  but Tehr had one or two things to say first.<strong>"Duke, before you begin and before any record is kept, I should admit to you that while you entrusted me to the saftey of your daughter, a job of which I have taken very seriously.  I should admit that I am enthralled by her intelligence, her beauty, charm, and skills.  Were I not already engaged to the very queen herself as the royal consort, I will say that I might indeed be one of the boorish human nobles trying to court her." </strong>In truth he had not only courted but wooed her, sharing the very last night in passionate embrace with her.  But to bring that up would be distasteful and disrespectful.  Further that wasn't his point.<strong> "I also have found her skills and insight highly useful in court and here in my home.  I hope that the arrangement of her staying in the care of house Wynt has been beneficial to her, and to you, even a fraction as much as it has been to me.  Hopefully, the relationship between House Wynt and Clan Caelor continues for a long time."</strong><br/><br/>He paused and then added,<strong>"As to your kin sniping at her, well..." </strong>He paused and looked to Rosalyn, eager to see what she would say to her father regarding the elven woman who had visited not long ago.  He would take his queue from her.  If she chose not to mention it, then neither would he.  It had been her choice on how to handle her, and she'd apparently chosen to ignore as much as possible until this point.  Also he was eager to hear what the Duke had to say and did not want to go too far afield with the conversation, simply to address that which he said before the duke began the private briefing.