"I daresay a typical noble is only one of those things," he says, half-muttered like some poncy rich person is going to appear and gasp in offense at him over it. Spoiled is the thing, of course, but then he's an outlier: he meets a lot of ill-mannered people, noble or otherwise.

And also these gloves, take a look, "What do you think?" Should he blow, like, all his money on these? They're nice.