"He's quite nice," Xavier confirmed without a second's hesitation. He was certainly not questioning Mr Llewellyn's niceness, and he managed not to wince at her pronunciation of his name. He was certain his hadn't been any better when he'd got here, and he doubted that it was flawless even now. He doubted that it would ever be flawless, as a matter of fact.
"But he's not Clovennian, is all I meant. The household isn't run quite as strictly as we're used to."