"With her, I am not being measured for advantage every second," Henry said. "She does not smile because she was trained to. A few hours a day, I would like to forget."
"Maybe when you go hunting with the Duke of Kingsmere tomorrow, you could unwind."
Henry glanced at him.
Lionel shrugged one shoulder. "He does not really treat you like the king."
"Does the duke own a vagina?" Henry asked.
The question was delivered so solemnly, that Lionel very nearly lost control of his horse from laughing. He choked on it instead, coughing into his fist while the animal beneath him tossed its head in offended confusion.
"My lord," Lionel managed at last, "I would not be shocked if he had one hidden somewhere. You never know with the Duke of Kingsmere."
That pulled a proper smile from Henry.
"You can ask him when we go hunting tomorrow."
Lionel snorted. "I'm sure he will have some vague response and I would have to spend the rest of the day wondering if it were true."
