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I like very much too be your you. :3

Surely you know that a woman's happiness comes secondary to most considerations? Very few have been inclined to care whether I am more than at ease - which, I assure you, is not happiness.

But I shall tell my you a secret: I am happiest of late when I am in your company. When you draw me near and press your cheek to mine, when you give me the whole of your attention, then I forget any sadness I have ever known.

It is an universial truth that man are fools!

well i will try not to to be.so muc.

Mm i hav put down my wine. Patently waiting! For my dear of frriends to be by me beside. My cheek for her. My cheeck to make her sadness go.

Another secret: women are fools, as well. We have learned to hide it well, but we are just as reckless, just as witless as men.

For myself - I am foolish when it comes to my heart, you see, and give it away so easily, without a second thought, when I find a man deserving of its overflow of adoration.

And I am foolish in that I believe your cheek would truly make my sadness go.

How patient you are! And I will be there very soon, so I shall in the interim think of some manner of reward for such patience. A clasp of hands, perhaps, or a (discrete!) kiss upon the cheek I love so well.

shh shh dont let waverly b hear you say this things she wi l skin you alive. oh but i woufld fight her first. With my WITS.

Now Katrina you must toake care of your heart. Previous commodity! But this is also fine, as cheek and my wits will guide you!

Discrition kiss indeed! I promsie noone will tell only Wallace may knoww and he is discrete most of all. :3 :3

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yOU can only claps my hands if i do not reach yours first, ha!

As though I care a whit for Lady Boyle's opinions. The woman believes demonstrations of weaponry make for an evening's entertainment; there is no greater fool to be found. And you may tell her I said so; I would be utterly unafraid in the face of her ire.

I would also be delighted to have you employ your wits in my defense, of course.

As to my heart, it is so sorely bruised, a little more damage would matter not at all - and in any case, YOU must take care of my heart. Isn't that your task? My darling you, my dearest you.

[...]

Do you speak much of me to Wallace? I fret, you know, that he dislikes me. Perhaps with good reason.

....no I do not thtink i will be telling Wavery that. YOU may not be fear her, but II am a man all of fears, and she is salways waiting for Treavor to make err.

Hmm not whits for you many wits for you; i see you arree a clever girl indeed. :3

clever girl with sad heart, ah no. Katrina, I will watch your heart. I am little good, but believe me I will guard you as I m able.

Please. You must not be so bruised.

[ ... ] I have your heart in a chestg it is safe. :3 (I would put the heart hear but still I cannot fidn it.

Oh no I have been speaking of o Wallace of you this whole time. pfF WALLACE is under the opining that families are important but Wallace is coming around. Oh do not worry for you; i will tell Wallace all about your qualities. hE sees how i like you how you war m mme. c:

It was an unintended pun, but I'm pleased to be unintentionally clever.

Did you place my heart in the chest that contained your own? Did you not say that box was tampered-with? I hope you have made it quite impenetrable, and that I need not fear someone else coming along to take it. I wish to love only you, for always. Guard it well, my darling, and keep it protected from harm and any other would-be romances.

In the end, it is all the same, is it not? Harm and romance?

As to Wallace, I -

[...]

Well. I suppose it would not matter even if I were of some decent stock.

[...]

Oh, these are melancholy thoughts! Let's talk of something other.

No no thAT chest is yours now! PLease thi s is anew chest chest for you my you only. much safer, more secrit. no one even knows i hav it! hmm made of mahogony and whale bone vrry much impenetrtable. steel locks everything.

no harm. only good nussles shh shh my daring my DARLING shh sh no harm! :x

you cannot help being clever wel that is you!

[ ... ] oh what o Wallace wants me to say???

didyo uknow he has been talking very much? Who knows what hes saying but its is important HOLD ON somethingsomethin g no i will mlet w w Wallace tell you.

Forgive my intrusion.

It has come to my attention that no fewer than three of this manor’s servants are accepting coin from Lady Blackstock in exchange for reports regarding Lord Pendleton’s activities.

There are ways to enter unseen, should you prefer.

Whatever you do, know that they are waiting. I regret that I am able to misdirect them only so far.

-WH

Oh, indeed? I was unaware that whale bone could be used for such purposes. That box does seem im

[ Oh, that's.

Not. Treavor.

There's a long silence while she deliberates on her next steps, on the reply she should send. On whether it's wiser to return to Anna's tonight - but won't this eventually require her attention? She won't - can't - keep away from him forever.

Not yet, anyhow. ]

[...]

If you care to help, I would appreciate the assistance.

[ She begins to add something more - some explanation for her actions, something to alleviate swift-growing embarrassment that her messages have been read by someone other.

But -

But.

He's a servant.

He may think her lowborn, but she isn't.

She owes him nothing.

...Still. ]

I

Your aid and discretion are

Thank you.

[ There’s a delay in the arrival of the next message, a space during which Wallace reads and catches at the woman’s response. It isn’t what he expected. It is something worth holding in mind. ]

If you wish.

A back door or a window.

-WH

[ ... ]

Lord Pendleton requests that I send his regards.

He is, he says, thinking [ ... ] fondly of you.

Preferably a back door; I am loathe to be mistaken for a prowler, climbing in through windows of an evening.

As to Lord Pendleton's regards, I suspect in his current state that 'fondly' was not a word applied. I appreciate your diplomatic translation.

I will keep my regards to myself until his phone is back in his possession, however, and enjoy some pretense of privacy.

You'll need to see yourself in.

[ What follows is a set of instructions - precise and clearly described - to a rarely used door, along with by an outline of a somewhat circuitous route leading from said door to Treavor's study. ]

I'll see that the door is unlocked.

This approach isn't without its risks. Move silently, if you're able.

-WH

WHAT DidD WALLACE TELL YOU?? :O ?

i'm missed you.......

OH it is me again! YOur you again!! :3

Ah, so it is! And how I have missed you, in turn!

What did Wallace tell me? Hm. He only told me a secret manner of reaching my beloved, so that we may enjoy our dalliance uninterrupted.

I must employ all manner of stealth, and take care to hide from prying eyes. You see, I refused to climb through a window, so I must take a more circuitous and deadly route. But I shall risk such a dangerous endeavor for my you.

[...]

Assuming he has not laid a trap for me, I am inclined to believe your man cares a good deal for your happiness.

My you mised me. How warm to hear it. :3

:O :O :O THE BRAVEST GIRL BRVEST WOMEN!!

Wallace wold not trap even if Wallace is feelinr pissy.

He doesn not unlike you, Katrine. Hmmm you hvav won him over iI think. c:

(Do not ples tell him I said this it is a secrtei only ou and he and i must know. :o )

Please thouhg be careful i hope it is nto too dangerous? If you hear my broht er s or no Wallace would not let you enr them it is fine.

be care my love. :c c:

I assure you, I will not tell him our secret; I have no means of communicating with him, anyhow. It will be the best-kept secret on earth, better still than our little trysts. ;)

Now - I must be silent for a time. I am here, but must follow these most convoluted instructions to reach you, and avoid your brothers in the meantime.

Soon, my love.

Wish me luck.

:3 :3 :3

thIs is me, waiting quite and patient for my rbave brave you!

quiet and luck! Wallace did say i mm i'm need quiet. Not to greet loud when your arive!

so i Am here quiet and luck!!

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Katrina! this sis my luck! for you. also my lovw ALSO for you!!

:3 :3 :3

i am wait !!

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