Dinner was pleasant, the food was good, and the atmosphere was festive. Performance after performance managed to entertain the guests.
Many females guests were focusing their attention on Gewen, hoping for the man to approach them and choose one or two to warm his bed for the night.
However, since his parents were around, the young general put on his best behavior and spent most of his time drinking wine and chatting with Edgar or Ellena.
He didn't take any girl for a dance, for fear his mother would ask him to ask the girl's hand in marriage.
He was tired of listening to Lady Athibaud's constant nagging so he would find a good woman to marry and have many kids to continue the Athibaud's lineage.
His father, Lord Athibaud was aging and he had wanted to retire since last year. Lord Athibaud would feel happy in his old age if his only son could show that he started thinking about life seriously.
