A proper grin rises to her lips. "I'm certainly not a squire. Although I would have given anything to be a Knight as a young girl. I dined on stories of their chivalry and might." Now, what about this lord and his ring? Sounds like he needed an apothecary. "I was raised in a family of landed gentry, the third daughter of a house of minor nobles who had rose from being merchants a few predecessors ago. Thus, was forced to comply with their manners, graces and etiquette. Once it is drilled into you, it is challenging to shake."

"So, I suppose you might well blame my adoptive parents."