Tehr smiled at the woman, who he assumed must be the captain of a merchant ship.  But he gave her little other thought for right now.  A tiny part of his brain tried to remember her face for later, on the off chance that she worked for the d'Saaris.  But even flirting was beyond his scope right now, he had more important things to do.  The majordomo's message that the queen had retired for the time did not surprise him.  It was a little past the mid day meal time, and if she had skipped it, might want to take tea or a meal in private.  But he wasn't sure exactly how to approach this, it needed a delicate touch.<br/><br/>He sketched the hint of a bow to the Majordomo and said, "It is not important, but I would appreciate it if you would inform the queen that I had some buisness to attend too in the library.  I thought she might enjoy some civil company for high tea, or her noon meal if she so desires?  I don't want to bother her, but was simply paying a social call.  If you could be so good to pass that on, I will gladly wait."<br/><br/>Tehr also didn't really feel that the Majordomo, or anyone else in fact, needed to know any of the details about the plan to dodge ir'Dale at the ball.