Sir Upjohn's younger daughters are not insensitive to the monk's attentions, subtle though he believes them to be, and a cascade of juvenile titters and giggling can be heard emanating from their portion of the room.
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"Oh, we don't pay attention to that dreadfully depressing drivel. Just a bunch of nasty talk about Ice Worms from the far north being seen near Lauralie Summerhome for the first time in a generation. And Snow Giants, too. I mean, who really cares about that when we could be talking about Alarion and how dreamy he is!"