"There is no need to thank me," he replied, waving a hand just slightly. "I'm glad it wasn't the Grey Death. I'm sure your sister would have gone crazy with worry if it were! Not that she didn't worry as it was, of course." Wait. That had come out wrong, hadn't it.
"Perhaps," he agreed. "I would imagine that it could be a tiring life, living in the palace. I don't think I would like it very much." But then, he was a simple farm boy. What did he know about high society and court life? "And I'm sure she's glad to have run into you, if she had to run into anybody at all. Others might try to take advantage of her or something."