"Rather than scaring the shit out of my Steward--"

"Lady, please, no reason for that--"

"--Why don't you just show him whatever it was that's got you in such a bloody terrible mood?" Karla said, speaking over Mallory's protestations of her language. Now wasn't the time. "But I'd prefer it if those biddies in there didn't get to go home wagging their tongues about how Karla can't even keep the peace in her First Circle if it's all the same to you!"