Pamelai gives the Steward a grateful smile. "Thank you. You have been such a help."

So then why would Clara lie? It seems a simple thing to say one was from Halamshiral, except. Well. Except for the fact that Halamshiral is tended by elves, primarily, save one or two mixed-blooded persons. So that tells Pamelia something more she didn't know about Clara. 'Skittish around the men' tells her something more.

"Has she always had such lovely gloves? She seems very...nervous. I worry about her health."