Light spilled out onto the wet street, yellow squares dueling with yellow circles cast by the bright street lamps marching up the street in an orderly fashion.
She paused before the ornate doors, her bodyguard bringing up the rear. She straightened her shoulders, and reached for the door handle. A pull, and she entered into the lair of her quarry. Standing just inside the doorway, she lowered the hood of her cloak, then untied the ribbons, handing the garment to her bodyguard. Holding up her skirts, she dodged various people as she stalked her target, sitting on the mezzanine above the bar, ignoring the admiring glances from men and even a few women, while her bodyguard, carrying a rather ugly sword kept the admirers away with hard glances and out right glares.
An extra lift of the skirts and she climbed the wide set of stairs, carpeted down the middle with a rich rug, held in place by polished brass rods. She dropped her skirts, smoothed out non-existent wrinkles and weaved her way around the tables filled with richly dressed patrons, well above the holloi polloi below. He was at a table, ignorant of Laelia's approach.and close to a balcony for easy access. A well-dressed woman was giggling in his lap as Laelia approached the table. She paused, pulled out a chair, and gracefully arranged herself to await her quarry's notice. The woman in his lap saw Laelia first as she pulled away from kissing the man.