"How can we be made of service, Mister Loebh?" the Cardinal asked him.
"I am looking to buy some property with a habitable building on it.
What I am seeking, is something that is quite large."
The Cardinal looked at him for a moment then stood up and went to a flat shelf and brought back a large portfolio of sketches.
"I have here some twenty sketches of sturdy buildings on good property.
Of course, most are probably out of your wealth capability."
"I would like to see whatever you have available regardless of the cost!"
"Very well!" submitted the cardinal and he handed Boyce the archaic looking portfolio.
Orren, from above had grown a little more suspicious and mistrusting of
Boyce. What's more, Orren detested Zoro's presence.
Boyce was dressed in clean clothing and he didn't smell as bad as when he first stepped into Pomperaque with Lloyd. He really loved his loyal women in Gothal for giving their dirty clothing back to them. It was that necessary little detail which helped to cause confusion in many people's eyes.
For sure Orren didn't understand how a rogue like Boyce could be so unaffected when he was told that he would most likely not be able to afford that which he sought.
Boyce went over every drawn likeness of the houses that were available, seeming quite uninterested in any one of them, including the Blue Mansion, which has had passed over.