"Hey, they gossip at parties. It's one of the things to do."

But he slithered off the stool, stretching as he stood up. "But right-o, you have guests to see and I have...other things to do." Of course that wasn't a naughty smile just then, nooo.

Apollo picked up his glass and, touching his fingers to his forehead, gave his cousin and jaunty salute and meandered off, no doubt to cause some sort of well-meaning trouble elsewhere.