"Is this meeting going to start or what?" The icy drawl of the king's voice suddenly permeated the still air of the meeting room as well as the brains of the officials who immediately realized that they had failed to start the meeting after they had taken their seats. Quickly, they all shifted their attention to Lemuel who had been lost in his own thoughts earlier but prior to the king's words and all the sudden eyes on him immediately jumped up to start the meeting.
"I'm sorry my lord. I haven't been feeling too fine of late. You know, about my son's dissa-" Lemuel started to apologize automatically after rising to his feet. However, before he could say anymore, the King immediately barked an order at him that made the man stop his rambling and which caused everyone to stiffen even more than they already had.
"Just get to the agenda!" The King had yelled without warning and Lemuel had automatically obeyed immediately.