Upon hearing Hermina’s plea for what he presumed chivalric assistance, his head somewhat fuzzy,Jean-Jacques glances at Durhams complete lack of awareness in an almost headmasterly way and rises, unsteadily to his feet and places his book upon his chair.
He walks cross to Hermina, a form of Dutch courage building up.
“Elder Zaragoza, if I might be permitted to assesst where ze good Dur-ham could not?”