01-20-2023, 10:27 AM
Maximus breathed a sigh of relief, glad to know his decision to stay had pleased both Lady Hufflepuff and Sir Godric. It would certainly be nice to sleep on a bed as opposed to the cold, hard ground. Though he was quite used to taking what he could get during journeys such as this, he was ever grateful to receive such an offer. He looked down at his plate and felt pain in his belly from having eaten too much so quickly. It had been quite a while since he had supped such amounts of rich food and now his stomach was protesting.
With a slight grimace, he reached for his goblet of wine and took a few careful sips. Glad that the sweet Lady had excused herself for a moment, Maximus turned his head toward Godric and kept his voice down, hoping that Lady Hufflepuff would not hear him.
"I 'ave te admit, me eyes were a bit bigger than me stomach," he said, giving a small belch. "Tis been quite a while on the road, as such, I am nay used te such amounts o' food anymore. I d'nay wish te insult Lady 'ufflepuff, but I d'nay think I can eat anymore. T'was tee rich fer me simple stomach te 'andle."
The knight felt guilty but he always believed in honesty first, thus he had no problems admitting to Godric that it had simply been too long since he had last eaten properly, thus now he was overfull and feeling quite uncomfortable. At least Godric might understand that, as the Lady had hopefully never wanted for such things as a good meal. She was such a sweet-tempered soul, he hoped she never wanted for anything. Her husband was lucky to have a woman like that in his life, whoever he was. While the name Hufflepuff was vaguely familiar, he had never met any until today.
"I 'ope she can fergive me my rudeness in leavin' some food on me plate," he said quietly. He was sure the lines on his wary face were showing something fierce with the exhaustion he felt. But he had to keep going so he could take it all in before one of them would see him to his room for the night and he could drop. Hopefully, he wouldn't sleep too terribly long but with as heavy as his limbs were starting to feel, he might be out for quite a while. "Whenever ye be ready, Sir Gryffindor, I'd li'e te see more o' this impressive school o' yers."
With a slight grimace, he reached for his goblet of wine and took a few careful sips. Glad that the sweet Lady had excused herself for a moment, Maximus turned his head toward Godric and kept his voice down, hoping that Lady Hufflepuff would not hear him.
"I 'ave te admit, me eyes were a bit bigger than me stomach," he said, giving a small belch. "Tis been quite a while on the road, as such, I am nay used te such amounts o' food anymore. I d'nay wish te insult Lady 'ufflepuff, but I d'nay think I can eat anymore. T'was tee rich fer me simple stomach te 'andle."
The knight felt guilty but he always believed in honesty first, thus he had no problems admitting to Godric that it had simply been too long since he had last eaten properly, thus now he was overfull and feeling quite uncomfortable. At least Godric might understand that, as the Lady had hopefully never wanted for such things as a good meal. She was such a sweet-tempered soul, he hoped she never wanted for anything. Her husband was lucky to have a woman like that in his life, whoever he was. While the name Hufflepuff was vaguely familiar, he had never met any until today.
"I 'ope she can fergive me my rudeness in leavin' some food on me plate," he said quietly. He was sure the lines on his wary face were showing something fierce with the exhaustion he felt. But he had to keep going so he could take it all in before one of them would see him to his room for the night and he could drop. Hopefully, he wouldn't sleep too terribly long but with as heavy as his limbs were starting to feel, he might be out for quite a while. "Whenever ye be ready, Sir Gryffindor, I'd li'e te see more o' this impressive school o' yers."
