[Potironette]

Shale bit her lip, "Well, no..." She relaxed, "But I've never been around nobles until now. And Ma tells--" She threw a hand over her mouth and whispered, "stories"

Kellan grinned, "Uncle Marius wouldn't bring a regular noble here would he?"

Shale wrung her hands, "No, but ma says that's even worse." She had lowered voice on the last word, as if telling a great secret.