"He's really doing this just to show off for a woman?" Heila said, looking at Jacques in surprise. "If he's badly injured, even if she loves him, she won't be happy."
"Different people prove their love in different ways, cher," Jacques said after giving their order to one of the nearby servants. Since Heila didn't seem to be interested in the dishes he ordered an assortment of things for her. "Some fight wit' swords, some wit' words, but dey all tryin' to show what's in deir hearts, non?"
Heila gave Jacques a puzzled look when she heard his answer. Not long ago, she'd fancied another young servant who worked in the soldier's quarters but nothing had ever come of it, especially when she began to serve Lady Ashlynn and her station changed drastically within the hierarchy of servants in the castle.
