when she was finished , stephen found himself the object of a thorough inspection being conducted by three people who seemed not to care in the least that he owned the mansion in which they stood , or that he was the earl of langford , or even that he was tentatively deciding whether it was necessary , or advisable , to do physical harm to rafael benavente , who struck him as too free with his attentions to sherry , too virile to be left in the same room with any female under the age of seventy , and too damned handsome to be trusted by anyone .