When Sir Oakbridge is talking about how he is going to tell Lord Wyldon Kel stands up for herself and says "Nothing, sir." "But you are amused, it was quite clear. You must share the joke with us, probationary page, now, if you please." He stood before her desk, one fist planted solidly on a hip. She could hear his foot tapping briskly. "Master Oakbridge-" "Lord Wyldon shall school you properly in the matter of excuses. I will accept no more evasion, probationary page!" Kel opened the book and pointed to the author's name. "Sir, the writer is my father."
I think that she is savage because when Sir Oakbridge wouldn't give her time to talk she just said "this book is written by my father."