The worker arrived with a ladder while Ren was taking the cups away. For a moment, all three of us stood in the outer room trying to give the other two somewhere to go.
"Put that down," I said to Ren. "Please."
He set the tray on the small table. The worker turned the ladder upright and looked toward the service side.
"Catch first?"
"It was secured yesterday. I wanted the upper frame checked too."
"The request says the catch."
I looked at the ladder.
"That's for another room," he said.
Naturally.
I showed him the note the floor attendant had made. He read the added line about the ventilation opening, then went back to the desk to confirm the work before climbing anything in a ducal heir's room. I couldn't blame him for wanting the instruction in the same place as the eventual complaint.
Ren picked up the tray again.
"At the desk?" he asked.
"Yes. Don't use the service approach."
He looked toward the secured door.
"I wasn't going to."
