Ah, well. The rumor mill was muddled a bit. This is due to the nuanced language involved and the fact the noble lord in question had a Rivanni for a mistress. It is a similar but stranger sort of language than Antivan, simpler in ways. So when she meant to say he has 'passed on in the middle of their embrace', most thought due to the way she phrased it he 'passed out' due to the intensity of their passions!

[He cracks a laugh, and smooths a hand through his hair, playing a bit with the braid in the back.]

And since she spoke so infrequently with the public at large the truth of it did not come out until I found myself standing in an empty bedroom- while the mistress was off bedding the stableboy.