Prior to the interruption of the Countess Rosewood, the prince walked into a room to find that he was once again not meeting the lord of the manor. It was only years of ingrained manners that prevented him from raising hell about the matter.
In truth the women before him while older, had a sharp ethereal beauty that made him feel that it was okay not to meet the lord. He was smart enough to know it wouldn't happen, but a man was free to indulge in the privacy of his own mind provided it didn't show on his face. Princes had to be expressionless many times a day and he was nothing but polite to the women when he greeted her.
