He ignored the 'princess' and dropped back to the maid, giving her tips on how ride better, which mostly consisted of just relaxing, and that this wasn't some prancing young brainless stallion, but an old, stable mare with no time for showing off. At lunch he kept them riding past the inn he had planned to stop, merely noting aloud that he had intended to stop here for lunch, but they needed to make up time to ensure that they reached their target inn before sun down. He didn't mention that they would do that likely an hour before actual nightfall.