When kitchen smoke gets into your clothes, everyone upstairs holds their nose. That's why rumors always ripen down here first.

• Sir LeonDoes my cloak smell of it too?
  Nora the MaidYours smells of iron, Sir Knight. That one never comes out.
• Empress MatildeWhat happens downstairs is best left downstairs, for everyone's sake.
  Nora the MaidYes, Your Majesty.