Why wouldn't slacks be with-- [okay, never mind. if it were Lady Estellise he would usher her right out with some sort of distraction because there are some things you just should not talk about, but she isn't, and the environment is very different, and it's probably pointless to even try, and... oh, blast]
[better him than Yuri in his bland, too-casual way. he hesitates a beat and steps closer to her to inform her quietly]