Kadar: *appreciates that Quin doesn't try to keep denying it. For that he gives the bard a small nod of appreciation.* Three months ago one of my bookkeepers reported to me that Lady Alvierda had cheated me in a previous business arrangement we had made. Rather than outright accuse her of this, I have had my people rechecking the numbers. For someone who works so closely with so many traders, being labeled a cheat could financially ruin her. I do not wish anyone any undue harm. If I had found that I had indeed been cheated, I planned to confront her privately, give her a chance to remedy the wrong as a simple mistake rather than a deliberate act against me. I'm afraid gossip is impossible to stop, and so word slowly spread that I had learned some terrible, damaging secret and was simply searching for proof. In truth, I was, though would only have reported her had I indeed found that proof, /and/ she refused to right the wrong. I will tell you now, in all confidence, there was an error in our books. Lady Alvierda has been fair in all hear dealings with me and I have nothing negative to say about her. Will you be allowed to see your troupe before you must return to the Lady's estate?