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Ch. 10 - "Much Ado About Superciliousness and Standpoints"
Merlynn and Gwen were enjoying a late lunch at a nearby cafe when Lance suddenly came in and knelt next to Gwen and took her small hand in his. "Oh Gwen! My sweet, lovely Gwen! I am a complete fool and don't deserve your forgiveness. I love you, my sweet Gwen and I pray that you find it in your heart to forgive me. For you, I'll lock up all the gates of love; because I will love only you. I humbly implore you to find it in your heart to forgive my stupidity and ask to take me back," he implored to Gwen's shocked face. Gwen smiled as tears of happiness welled up in her eyes as she caressed Lance's face with her hand. "Of course I forgive you Lance," Gwen said happily, "I love you, you silly man." Lance smiled as he took Gwen's face in his hand and leaned in to kiss her. Merlynn smiled happily as she saw her friend kiss her love. Merlynn was happy that Gwen was happy and she quietly left the table to let Gwen and Lance have some privacy.
As Merlynn was walking across campus back towards her dorm room she heard someone call out her name. "Miss. Emrys?," a cold voice called out. Merlynn stopped and looked around to see a man with gray hair and intense, cold eyes standing behind her, and then she realized that she remembered seeing this man in the portrait at the Pendragon Estate. This man must be Arthur's father. "Yes?," she greeted, wondering why he was here and what he wanted with her. Mr. Pendragon looked her over with obvious disdain. "Well, I really don't see what my son sees in you, but no matter. I'm here to war you to stay away from my son. My son may have 'feelings' for you, but they will soon go away because he will come to realize that he is out of his mind for pursuing you. You see Miss Emrys, what you may not know is that Arthur's future is arranged to a Miss Sophia de Bourgh, daughter of Lady Catrina de Bourgh. Lady Catrina and I have planned their union since they were children. Their union will merge our businesses together and will be the biggest merger in over twenty years for our businesses. So you see Miss Emrys, my son will not and cannot be involved with someone like you," he said, voice dripping with disdain. Merlynn was shocked at how much this man seemed to hate her and said in frustration, "Excuse me, Mr. Pendragon; but you don't know me and so I don't see why you should be so set against me. As for your son, I believe he should marry for love not connivance, he's a grown man and can make his own decisions about who he wants to spend the rest of his life with. As for me, well I find your son to be a very good, kind, and considerate man despite your obviously harsh and critical control you have over his life. If he were to pursue me, I would be honored to have the attentions of your son and therefore will not promise to stay away from him. You on the other hand have insulted me without reason and therefore I humbly ask for you to leave. Now, if you'll excuse me," Merlynn said in frustration as she saw Uther's eyes widen in surprise as he watched her quickly leave in a huff.