"You might be surprised to hear, duchess, that I asked a similar question about your children."

Fewer questions will be asked about your missing children if no one knows they existed in the first place.

"I mean, that was silly of me, asking about your children when you haven't got any."

When asked about his children, which happens rarely in this court culture, he is said to give the same two replies.

Jean asked the man about his children; he knew all six by name.

He said that was fine, and asked about her children.

Once upon a time, asking about someone's children was like talking about the weather.

And in the course of the night each woman called Texas to ask about her children.

"Actually, I don't have to ask about anybody's children," he said.

It was all his fault for asking about her children.