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The disclaimer is in chapter one if your looking for it.
Chapter 2
"Make it two" John informed the bartender. "Bad day, John?" one of the gentleman asked. "You don't want to know" he gulped both glasses. "So John, tell us, what were the women like? I hear that Miss Layton ran around in her underwear" a third gentleman joined the table. "Veronica grew up in the plateau and was very comfortable wearing what she wore," he told them. "Did you, you know?" the third gentleman knowingly asked. "I hate to burst your bubble gentlemen, but Veronica and Ned have been eyeing each other for a very long time" Roxton explained.
"What about Miss Krux? She must be some firecracker" Edward implied. Roxton wanted to throw him out of the chair and against wall. Instead, he replied, "Miss Krux and I had a few moments". His mind raced through all of the times they spent together, dam, he missed her. "Then you wouldn't mind if I spent some time with her" Edward asked. "Actually, I would..." John started to say, but Edward replied "Excellent, I look forward to spending time with her". John spent the rest of the evening attempting to remain calm. Edward was looking for a conquest and Marguerite was more than a conquest. He then quietly smiled to himself. If Edward thought that Marguerite was a conquest, he had another thing coming. ***********************************************************************
The doorbell rang a few days later. "Can I help you?" the maid asked. "I'm here to see Miss Krux" Edward told her. "Your name?" the maid again asked. "Edward Carlton, Earl of Dannister" he told her, handing her the bouquet. "Please wait here" the maid replied. Marguerite appeared a moment later. "My lord?" she inquired. "Miss Krux, the newspapers did not do justice to your beauty" he kissed her hand. Marguerite suspiciously pulled her hand away from his lips. "Miss Krux, I'm sorry, where are my manners? I've known John Roxton since we were boys" Edward apologized. "Right this way" Marguerite led him inside and signaled the maid to bring over tea and scones.
"George, are you sure this is the right thing? To throw a party?" Jessie Challenger addressed her husband as he handed her the guest list. "Jessie, you and I know this is the right thing to do" he replied. "Are you sure your doing this because its proper or to rub it in the faces of the zoological society?" she asked. He was about to answer when Veronica and Finn, walked in. "George, were meeting Ned for lunch, we'll be back later" Veronica told him. "Veronica, Finn, while your out, why don't you go shopping?" George suggested. "What for?" Finn asked. "A party" he grinned. "George..." his wife started to warn him. "Go ahead, enjoy your selves" he shooed them out the door.
The disclaimer is in chapter one if your looking for it.
Chapter 2
"Make it two" John informed the bartender. "Bad day, John?" one of the gentleman asked. "You don't want to know" he gulped both glasses. "So John, tell us, what were the women like? I hear that Miss Layton ran around in her underwear" a third gentleman joined the table. "Veronica grew up in the plateau and was very comfortable wearing what she wore," he told them. "Did you, you know?" the third gentleman knowingly asked. "I hate to burst your bubble gentlemen, but Veronica and Ned have been eyeing each other for a very long time" Roxton explained.
"What about Miss Krux? She must be some firecracker" Edward implied. Roxton wanted to throw him out of the chair and against wall. Instead, he replied, "Miss Krux and I had a few moments". His mind raced through all of the times they spent together, dam, he missed her. "Then you wouldn't mind if I spent some time with her" Edward asked. "Actually, I would..." John started to say, but Edward replied "Excellent, I look forward to spending time with her". John spent the rest of the evening attempting to remain calm. Edward was looking for a conquest and Marguerite was more than a conquest. He then quietly smiled to himself. If Edward thought that Marguerite was a conquest, he had another thing coming. ***********************************************************************
The doorbell rang a few days later. "Can I help you?" the maid asked. "I'm here to see Miss Krux" Edward told her. "Your name?" the maid again asked. "Edward Carlton, Earl of Dannister" he told her, handing her the bouquet. "Please wait here" the maid replied. Marguerite appeared a moment later. "My lord?" she inquired. "Miss Krux, the newspapers did not do justice to your beauty" he kissed her hand. Marguerite suspiciously pulled her hand away from his lips. "Miss Krux, I'm sorry, where are my manners? I've known John Roxton since we were boys" Edward apologized. "Right this way" Marguerite led him inside and signaled the maid to bring over tea and scones.
"George, are you sure this is the right thing? To throw a party?" Jessie Challenger addressed her husband as he handed her the guest list. "Jessie, you and I know this is the right thing to do" he replied. "Are you sure your doing this because its proper or to rub it in the faces of the zoological society?" she asked. He was about to answer when Veronica and Finn, walked in. "George, were meeting Ned for lunch, we'll be back later" Veronica told him. "Veronica, Finn, while your out, why don't you go shopping?" George suggested. "What for?" Finn asked. "A party" he grinned. "George..." his wife started to warn him. "Go ahead, enjoy your selves" he shooed them out the door.