Arabella gave Ferdinand a heads-up so that her brother would not be disappointed.
It would be rude for Ferdinand to go empty-handed even if they would go there for just a day.
"Oh, right. I must ask them to prepare something grand," Ferdinand said.
Arabella reminded Ferdinand that her parents were in Medeus so he would not be nervous, and yet he seemed even more alarmed that her brother Benjamin was the one in Lobelius Palace.
[Her brother would likely be crowned soon so any gift to him should be something worthy of a king. What would be best for him? Should we look in the treasury?]
"The treasury? No, it does not have to be something that important. Save something like that for his coronation day. You do not have to prepare something too grand for our short visit. Just goods from here and a few gifts will do," Arabella said when she heard his thoughts.
