Knowing Rapaire he will arrive at the party in High Dudgeon, offering to meet any and all on the Fielde of Honore, if only they will instruct him how to find it, and shaking his blade at all comers. Those will know him will understand this is just his little way of apologizing for all the trouble he has caused Mudcat Management and MOAB Mom over the last year, having to cover up for his various plagiarisms, mis-labelings, slanders and generally excess demonstrations of bibliophilia, especially involving children's books.