Same.
"I thought you've escaped with the girl."
The queen looked towards his direction as he got to them. She signalled few of the women to allow them the luxury of audience. Left with her was the usual lady, the Professor standing before her and the skinny girl behind him.
"How could you had thought such? You don't hold a firm grip on me. If I want to leave now, of course I will generously leave."
He said. The puppet of the queen was the one who snapped,
"You do not mean to be rude to the queen, or do you?"
He scoffed instead and glared at the lady, then he looked away from her immediately as though she was of no relevance. He knew how hurtful that could be. He shot,
"There's now a matter of great urgency."
His eyes tracing the curious, yet porous face of the queen. The queen said,
"I shall not have an audience with you with her present."