@Arraenae There, I quoted and mentioned you!
Shard was not a nobleman. There wasn't an ounce of nobility to be found in his body. Of course, he had enough money to be one if he wanted; but it was always so much harder to rob from nobles when you were noticed. And nobles were always noticed. Shard had been working for months on a plan to steal one of Lord Winsting's own paintings and tonight was the night it was going to happen. Shard knew that the paintings themselves weren't very good, but being able to say that he had stolen it from Lord Winsting himself was worth the risk.
Everything had been going to plan, with Shard disguised as a lowly servant, when a noble turned the corner and stumbled to a stop in front of him. Normally Shard would have continued on, but there was no normality present now. There was a reason that Shard didn't like impersonating nobles. Because the only time he had been caught was when he was doing exactly that.
Most nobles would never have recognized Shard, but Lord Hastings wasn't most nobles. He was the Lord that had caught Shard, and always remembered his face. Shard had to think fast, and did the first thing that came to mind. He punched Hastings in the face. It was a perfect punch, and knocked him completely unconscious.
Shard was about to get as far away from the scene as possible when he had a brilliant idea.
I few moments later, he emerged from around a corner dressed in Lord Hastings clothes, and with one of his disguises that would pass as the now sleeping Lord. Shard knew that Lord Hasting would not be at the selling, and therefore, no one would be able to recognize him. Just as Shard was about to walk up the sidewalk to the mansion, someone called out, “Hello! Who is this that I have the fine pleasure of meeting today?”
Shard had no choice but to answer to the call, for a nobleman would never ignore the call of a lady. He took a deep breath and turned around, walking towards the lady who had called him. "My lady. What is it that you need?"
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I think she would recognize him as Lord Hastings because he is pretty well known.