TIMEOTHY'S DND CAMPAIGN IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

He silently notes, as he finishes his glass, that he could well be wrong-- as the saying goes, those between a king and an ordinary man are twice as mad as both-- and decides to ask the nearest butler if he knows why the group has been assembled.

"Sir," the butler says in reply. "Does a master tell his servant why to call upon guests? No, he simply says 'throw a feast,' and then a feast is thrown. His intentions are not made known to the servant, and the servant rarely cares."

He then glares at some of the table manners of some of the invited guests, smiles, and looks back William.

"Or simply, they are more mindful of the atrocious etiquette of the master's guests."