13[1:15am] * Holzheim is walking down the corridor towards the breakfast room, looking quite cheerful [1:15am] < 08@Morgan > morning captain 13[1:18am] < 04Holzheim > Ahh the happy groom! Congratulations once again|! [1:18am] < 08@Morgan > thank you... you're not feeling the effects of the celebrations? 13[1:22am] * Holzheim grins 13[1:22am] < 04Holzheim > I drink alo [1:22am] < 08@Morgan > the life of a sailor, I suppose 13[1:22am] < 04Holzheim > Very much. I'm sure you'll be reminded once you set sail again [1:24am] < 08@Morgan > perhaps. I suspect I'll be a little busy to fall into those ways again 13[1:24am] < 04Holzheim > It happens when we settle down, doesnt it? 10[1:25am] * @Morgan sighs slightly 13[1:26am] * Holzheim smiles 13[1:26am] < 04Holzheim > I'll be the same perhaps [1:26am] < 08@Morgan > with? 13[1:27am] < 04Holzheim > when I get married [1:27am] < 08@Morgan > I dont know I can imagine you married 13[1:29am] < 04Holzheim > I havent entirely given up on Alarice yet 13[1:29am] * Holzheim grins 10[1:29am] * @Morgan stops [1:29am] < 08@Morgan > you've not heard? 13[1:30am] < 04Holzheim > Heard what? [1:31am] < 08@Morgan > Alarice left the estate in the early hours of this morning 13[1:33am] * Holzheim looks genuinely shocked 13[1:33am] < 04Holzheim > Why? Is she alright? [1:34am] < 08@Morgan > Captain, she left with the Eisenfursts son, took their carriage 13[1:35am] * Holzheim visibly pales 13[1:35am] < 04Holzheim > Right [1:36am] < 08@Morgan > I'm sorry, Captain 13[1:37am] * Holzheim nods curtly 13[1:37am] < 04Holzheim > I should have seen it coming [1:38am] < 08@Morgan > perhaps 13[1:38am] * Holzheim starts to look angry 13[1:38am] < 04Holzheim > she's gone nothing but manipulate me from the start 10[1:39am] * @Morgan watches him [1:39am] < 08@Morgan > possibly 13[1:40am] < 04Holzheim > Did you know it was her idea for me to ask Lady Forrester if she'd consider being my mistress? [1:41am] < 08@Morgan > Have you considered that perhaps if it hadn't occured to me, violence would have ensued? [1:42am] < 08@Morgan > I take it you weren't aware that she planned to persuade me to set Molly aside and marry Alarice instead 13[1:44am] < 04Holzheim > No. She wanted me to help her in stopping your marriage, supposedly on the grounds that she didn;t think it was a good idea and you were not over your first wife yet [1:44am] < 08@Morgan > how considerate. You know, Captain, it'd be very useful if you'd swear to this in a statement 13[1:46am] < 04Holzheim > Not as if I have anything to lose, is it? [1:47am] < 08@Morgan > you never know, you might gain something 13[1:47am] < 04Holzheim > I was supposed to be gaining a much wanted son 10[1:48am] * @Morgan nods [1:49am] < 08@Morgan > except... thats not what she had planned 13[1:50am] < 04Holzheim > No, but that is what I was told, that he would become my son, and then if we did not have a child together, it would not matter 13[1:50am] * Holzheim looks quite upset [1:51am] < 08@Morgan > Its not too late, Holzheim 13[1:52am] < 04Holzheim > It is, unfortunately *he smiles a little* a man of my reputation and lack of caution knows these things [1:53am] < 08@Morgan > I hold little stock in reputation 13[1:54am] * Holzheim laughs loudly 13[1:54am] < 04Holzheim > mine is entirely accurate, I assure you [1:59am] < 08@Morgan > are you aware of the agreement my cousin and I came to when she returned? 13[2:00am] < 04Holzheim > No, what agreement? 13[2:09am] * Holzheim looks confused [2:18am] < 08@Morgan > The agreement that she has until the end of summer to endear her son to her... if he chose to be with her, then so be it, but if not, she would sign over responsibility to me 13[2:19am] * Holzheim looks floored 13[2:19am] < 04Holzheim > No, I did not know that she would need to endear him, that wasnt what she told me [2:20am] < 08@Morgan > I cant say I'm surprised at that, either 13[2:21am] < 04Holzheim > She knew that I would have become suspicious [2:21am] < 08@Morgan > her treatment of the Baron has been.. less than stellar 13[2:22am] * Holzheim nods 13[2:22am] < 04Holzheim > It sounds like that [2:23am] < 08@Morgan > I want your help, Captain 13[2:23am] < 04Holzheim > For? [2:24am] < 08@Morgan > I want to keep her from destroying that boy 13[2:24am] < 04Holzheim > How? [2:24am] < 08@Morgan > by keeping him from her 13[2:25am] < 04Holzheim > And what can I do? [2:26am] < 08@Morgan > give an account of everything 13[2:27am] < 04Holzheim > to whom? [2:27am] < 08@Morgan > the worst people... solicitors... [2:27am] < 08@Morgan > and my father... and maybe the Eisenfurst 13[2:29am] < 04Holzheim > You accept that what I will have to say will not look good on her reputation? [2:30am] < 08@Morgan > chances are it'll be a private hearing, so not public knowledge. 13[2:31am] * Holzheim nods 13[2:31am] < 04Holzheim > I will do it [2:32am] < 08@Morgan > thank you, Captain 13[2:33am] * Holzheim nods 13[2:33am] < 04Holzheim > She needs to be stopped [2:33am] < 08@Morgan > yes, she does 13[2:34am] < 04Holzheim > what happens now? [2:35am] < 08@Morgan > I'll speak to the Graf when he awakens and we'll go from there 13[2:37am] * Holzheim nods 13[2:37am] < 04Holzheim > and Alarice, is she being brought back? [2:37am] < 08@Morgan > that remains to be seen. The Eisenfurst has a plan, but we'll wait and see 13[2:39am] * Holzheim nods 13[2:39am] < 04Holzheim > of course 13[2:41am] < 04Holzheim > If you'll excuse me, I must go and pack [2:42am] < 08@Morgan > I'll send word for you when I've spokent o the Graf 13[2:44am] * Holzheim nods 13[2:44am] < 04Holzheim > Thank you 10[2:46am] * @Morgan bows his head to Holzheim 13[2:47am] * Holzheim does the same 10[2:48am] * @Morgan heads to the breakfast room