AGELESS CAMPAIGN, Episode II, Part VI.

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As they near the barn the carriage returns, this time dropping off Charles at the barn. "Well dear, this is where I say goodbye for now. Our timing is good, you are probably tired of walking and can get a ride back the rest of the way to castle." Charles holds the carriage door for Abby.

"I'm no delicate flower, a long walk won't wear me out. Not that I'll turn down the ride, either," she said with a smile.

"Gentlemen, I wish you a productive meeting. I'm sure I'll see you both later."

Once she was inside Charles closed the door and a moment later the carriage was on it's way back to the castle.

OOC: I will probably come back later and fill in a little rumination, but there's no reason we can't move on.

 

[Silver Moon]

Once she was inside Charles closed the door and a moment later the carriage was on it's way back to the castle.

The carriage heads around the long way rather than going through the rear wall entrance, stopping at the front staircase. The driver holds the door for Abby and she heads up the stairs.

She is barely inside the large front room when she sees Meagan heading down the staircase from the second floor. She is attired in the tradition Scottish attire for women, the arisaid, with the tartan being the same ancient Royal Stuart that Callum chose to wear today. "Hello Abigail," she states, "I am sorry that I can't stay and chat with you but I am needed elsewhere."

 

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"Hello Abigail," she states, "I am sorry that I can't stay and chat with you but I am needed elsewhere."

"Oh please, don't worry over that. I have seen the library, and I'm sure I will be lost there in moments. But I do hope I will see you later," she said with an honest and friendly smile.

 

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"Oh please, don't worry over that. I have seen the library, and I'm sure I will be lost there in moments. But I do hope I will see you later," she said with an honest and friendly smile.

Meagan hurries out the front door and to the waiting carriage which then departs.

An older woman exits from the doorway to the kitchen/pantry area and introduces herself (in a heavy French accent) as Francine. She says that she is the senior maid, and that Abigail would have met her daughter last evening. She inquires "And what would Miss Marsters want for a midday meal?"

OOC: Feel free to move through lunch and into the library.

 

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An older woman exits from the doorway to the kitchen/pantry area and introduces herself (in a heavy French accent) as Francine. She says that she is the senior maid, and that Abigail would have met her daughter last evening. She inquires "And what would Miss Marsters want for a midday meal?

Abby switched to french. "Would it offend anyone on the staff if I said whatever is being made for all of you is just fine for me?" she asked conspiratorially.

Francine looked surprised for a moment, then gave her a bit of a smile. "I do not think so, Mademoiselle. Please, come sit and we will take care of you."

A few minutes later Abby was seated at the long dining table again, this time alone but she didn't mind the quiet. A copy of the latest newspaper from Paris sat beside her, and she read it with lazy curiosity and she ate the simple but delicious lunch the staff would be enjoying. A hearty chicken stew, warm, soft bread and perfectly crisp green beans.

Not long afterward she could be found in the library, poking into books on French history around Queen Mary's time. It wasn't long before she had a stack of paper, several books, and pen and ink and was making notes.

 

[Silver Moon]

Not long afterward she could be found in the library, poking into books on French history around Queen Mary's time. It wasn't long before she had a stack of paper, several books, and pen and ink and was making notes.

Time seemed to slip away from Abigail, with the only indication of its passage being the faint sounds through the wall of the grandfather clock in the music room chiming on the hour. Abby is a little surprised when she counts six chimes, as she had apparently missed hearing five and could have sworn that four occurred just a short while earlier. Not long thereafter she hears the sounds of voices in the outside foyer followed shortly by the door to the library opening.

Callum stands there, a smile on his face, as he enters the room while shutting the door behind him. "I trust that you had a productive afternoon!" he asks, more as a statement of fact than a question.

 

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Callum stands there, a smile on his face, as he enters the room while shutting the door behind him. "I trust that you had a productive afternoon!" he asks, more as a statement of fact than a question.

"Seems I don't know how not to study," she laughed. "I could be here for weeks and still not follow all these threads I've started down.

I don't have ink on my nose, do I? I always seem to get ink on my nose."

 

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"Seems I don't know how not to study," she laughed. "I could be here for weeks and still not follow all these threads I've started down.

I don't have ink on my nose, do I? I always seem to get ink on my nose."

He replies with a smile, "The nose is clean but I do see a small line of ink on your chin."

He sits down in a leather chair opposite Abby and says, "Well, that could have been better but also could have been a lot worse." He has an envelope in his belt which he takes out and opens, removing four sheets of paper. "Pepe brought this back from the Paris telegraph office. It's a four-page response from the telegram that we sent to
my Uncle Alan Plantaganet Stuart, Lord Galloway. It took a lot of the wind out of Meagan's sails."

 

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He sits down in a leather chair opposite Abby and says, "Well, that could have been better but also could have been a lot worse." He has an envelope in his belt which he takes out and opens, removing four sheets of paper. "Pepe brought this back from the Paris telegraph office. It's a four-page response from the telegram that we sent to
my Uncle Alan Plantaganet Stuart, Lord Galloway. It took a lot of the wind out of Meagan's sails."

"Anything being run by a committee is going to be like that, no one ever gets everything their way."

She got out a handkerchief and wiped her chin. "He didn't send a 4-page telegram, did he? More importantly, what does it say?"

 

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"Anything being run by a committee is going to be like that, no one ever gets everything their way." She got out a handkerchief and wiped her chin. "He didn't send a 4-page telegram, did he? More importantly, what does it say?"

Callum smiles and says "I'm being knighted."