" Ser used to call me Shitmouth, if it please m'lord" . He spit in his hands and wiped his cheeks with them, as if that would somehow make him more presentable.
" No, I shouldn't think so. Forty-seven, say. I'm told she's done a great deal for him. I mean, she's made him quite presentable. Alroy Kear told me that before that he was almost too bohemian" .
" No, damn it, " Ned said. It would not do to offend the council before he had even begun. " I will see them. Pray give me a few moments to change into something more presentable. "