she asked `` not even my lord husband saw through the disguise `` `` your hands , '' fidelias replied `` when you washed my feet , your fingers were warm no slave in her right mind would have been anything less than anxious in that room she would have had chilly fingers and no one but you , i judged , would have had the temerity or skill to attempt such a thing with his grace `` high lady aquitaine 's eyes shone `` a most astute assessment , '' she said `` yes , i had been using calix to find out more about what rhodes was up to and tonight was the night i thought i might get rid of him i made sure that my husband was in a mood he would not enjoy being taken from and waited for the rhodesian fool to shove his foot down his own throat though i must say , you seemed to pick up on what was happening and ensure that it carried through without any hints from me and not the least bit of furycrafting to assist you `` `` logic is a fury all its own `` she smiled , but then her expression grew serious , intent `` the operation in the valley will it succeed ? ''