"Got all the faith in the world in you, Nariko. It's him I don't trust." Cuthbert smiled disarmingly, taking a sip of wine. "Well, him and half the people here. Well, more like two-thirds. Same goes for Ro', by the looks of things. He tell you to go armed, or was that your own pick?"

From the way he jolted after saying that, it seemed quite likely Roland had just kicked him. That would certainly explain how sharply he changed the subject. "Have you been to a Fair-Day feast before? One like this, I mean?"