Given that he's been out on campaign for some time, perfectly adequate is its own sort of luxury. He doesn't feel grimy and there's no dried blood flaking and itching. Plain soap and not to smell of unwashed fighters and horse sweat is more than enough.

"I could be encouraged to burn a library, but the price would be beyond obscene. Dinner and new trousers are not enough." He's just full of jokes, isn't he? Throughout it all, his voice is gentle in all the ways that he is not.