When she catches Quell's disapproving face, he wipes it clean and offers a quaint smile instead, being too far away from her to have a private conversation. As a goblet is filled for her, she makes polite conversation with Wistan, delicately filling her plate.

"How is your leg, young Prince?"

"It is fine, Lady Coral. After I bathed, I took the powder down to Doctor Pelium to have him assist me with reapplying it. He was most intrigued."

"Yes, I had the pleasure of meeting him not too long ago; he queried me on the herb as it was one not known to him."

Nibbling on her bread she manages...