"Why thank you," Percy said with a slight chirp to his voice. He did enjoy his satire.

"Ah, but you forget, sir, that anything you own is not standard for the likes of me! That hat is not standard at all, in fact it's new and intriguing. Mine? Sink me, it's outdated now." He gave a sad smile and took the quizzing glass off from around his neck. "I'm not sure what a monacle is, but this is called a quizzing glass. It's for spying potential dancing partners from across the room and...oh, well, and for looking at strange objects in museums up close." He gave the young man his quizzing glass to try for himself.