Seth
"Pray tell me, what might that lesson be?" he asked, still whispering as the conversations and proclaimations continued around them.

"Because unless it is, 'never trust a woman who offers flesh, gold, and land in exchange for nothing', I'm afraid the message has been lost," he whispers, through clenched teeth.

The Earl was going on about something about a land called Cappadocia, but he'd never heard of it. His attention had only one true focus at the moment anyway, despite the efforts of the cat at his feet to distract him.