Oh, yes, absolutely! I did not expect to be so invested in this play! But Lord Ilvaux is such a very dashing man, and his love interest — the maidservant, Hatione, I think — such a charming woman! I do so wonder how he will escape his betrothment to that — whatever her name was. The brunette. If 'twere me, I would propose marriage to Lady Echette instead. She is Ilvaux's childhood friend, you see, and seeking to escape a betrothment of her own — it would be such a simple matter to arrange a faux union...

[on and on francel prattles about his speculations regarding the play's outcome — likely very convenient for aymeric, since he hasn't been paying attention. now that they've entered the throngs of nobles buying food and drink, however, they've become public spectacle.

"is that ser aymeric?" one woman says, quite loudly, to another. "by the fury, who is that at his side?"]