Darian was just handing an invite to Cat before he spoke, "I recommend that you go to this tea party. It'll be a good time to put your lessons into play. And the Duchess is a kind woman."
Darian was just looking before he spoke, "It isn't uncommon for an engaged couple to be out together. And if I didn't accompany you then you would be accompanied by a maid and at least two guards."
"Yes but you deciding to go without an escort - and my home would be looked down on. I would be the duke that doesn't care about his fiance." Darian was speaking after a moment in time.
Darian was just speaking, "It is common for taken woman, especially nobles, to travel with either their significant other or being accompanied by a handmaiden and a few guards."
Cat wandered to her room and sighed hating nobel life so far as it was so restrictive. needing to release some steam Cat changed in to a pair of pants and a shirt and then headed out to spar with some of the younger guards who liked sparing with her