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Chapter one
Sybil Crawley was one years old, and since her birth her parents had found it particular difficult to spend as much time with each other as they would have liked. Cora insisted on parenting her herself, like she had with Mary and Edith, but neither one of them had expected how much more difficult the new baby would be. She cried a lot more than her sisters; their nanny had come into their room practically every night for the first ten months. Things had been made even more difficult because of their other two girls as Mary and Edith still needed their constant attention. They would never complain about having their three girls, they adored every minute with them, but they missed the small intimate moments between themselves.
On one particular autumn afternoon both parents were spending time with their children in the nursery. Robert was sitting on a rocking chair, bouncing baby Sybil on his knee, and Cora was on the floor playing dolls with Mary and Edith. They both looked up from admiring their children, to instead admire each other from across the room. Robert tilted his head to admire his beautiful wife, she was wearing a navy blue dress and her dark hair was slightly coming loose. Cora did the same, she grinned at her husband before returning to her game. Robert's eyes remained on his wife, he noticed that she was looking quite tired, and she had dark circles around her eyes. At that moment, he had an idea, perhaps his wife would enjoy a quite break somewhere, not too far away but somewhere no one would interrupt them. Yes he thought, that would do them both good, he knew he definitely wanted some time alone with his wife. That night, after dinner, Robert went into their room to find his wife already in bed. He climbed in beside her and pulled her close and kissed her on her head. "I love you Cora." He whispered in her ear.
"And I love you." She sighed, as she turned to face her husband. She noticed a small sparkle in his eyes, completely the opposite to her drained complexion. "Is there something the matter?" She asked.
"Nothing my dear, I'm just very happy here with you." He told her, snuggling into her warm embrace.
"And I'm very happy with you my love." She whispered, stroking her husband's cheek. She missed him, ever so much. Yes he was her, but they did not spend as much loving time with each other as she desired. She knew that they were both extremely lucky to still share the same bed, and to both love each other, but with three young girls intimate time with each other could sometimes be difficult. Shaking these images away she yawned.
"Are you tired my dear?" He asked, tightening his arms around her waist.
"I am, Mary and Edith insisted on playing a very long game of dolls." She chuckled, yawning again.
"Well, that brings me onto my very clever idea." He smiled, very pleased with himself, which prompted a questioning gaze from Cora.
"Whatever do you mean?"
"I, my dear, have had an idea. Admittedly, it is very selfish but I believe that it would be mutually appreciated by both of us." After a raised eyebrow from his wife Robert continued. "I thought that the two of us might go on a little break."
"The two of us?" Cora turned around so that their noses were touching.
"Yes my dear, the two of us, I thought that we could have a nice weekend away together. The staff could look after the girls for a few days." He told her. "Do you like the idea, my love?"
"Oh Robert," Cora sighed, snaking her arms behind her husband neck, "you have no idea how perfect that sounds." She crushed her lips against her husbands, he complied happily, both thrilled at the prospect of spending a few days alone with each other and they were both eager to show to each other how much some alone time would mean to them.