"Why to save us from the child most foul
My mistress would give him to your kind of all,
and take you as a courtier,
but that a promise made doth bind her
to keep the brat around. Okay, I can't rhyme worth a damn. Think you that a merry trick
would make all glad, and your false lord sad?"

Parker examined a non-existent knife, then frowned. "Maybe Vala should meet Miho before she starts doing this part."