@Mirren Considering all those fateful occupation things, maybe it was fate that bumped them together. By the way, standing in the middle of the road reading something or spacing out is quite wrong.
@vick_detri It seems he didn't even realise that position of the lord is one of the highest,look how surprised he was at traveling in a first-class. He even had minister explain to him about hierarchy. So most likely he was really oblivious to lord's status in that country.
How exactly that system works? What is their taxation system, how could they so easily appoint lords and most importantly why do they need to appoint autonomous lords?