Jean-Claude raises a coy eyebrow at the other man, though he quirks a smirk in response as well. "Well," he says, equally low and conspiratorially. "I seem to recall having attended a certain party for your promotion to 'Lord', if I'm not mistaken. Which, if I must say, sounds awfully more important than the simple position of Earl." 'Simple' indeed. Not that the two are even remotely comparable, of course, the two factions as different as they are.