[20:43] (Molly) [22:16] (Molly) Though I may procure some purple wax for my personal correspondence, I was always partial to purple 22:17] * @Morgan nods 22:18] * Molly smiles, remembering the purple dress she'd bought in Carleon on their trip. She looks distracted as she takes the stamp and wax with her free hand
[20:45] (Molly) **he hears in her thoughts "the second most beautiful woman I've ever seen" though knows that wasn't quite what he'd said at the moment she's remembering**
[20:45] (Molly) I still have the scar from the Jaeger crest...
[20:46] (@Morgan) scar?
[20:47] * Molly shows him the small scar on her palm from her failed attempt of being taught by Jaeger
[20:48] (Molly) It's almost gone now. It has been almost a year
[20:48] * @Morgan frowns
[20:48] * Molly watches him
[20:49] (Molly) I could probably heal it entirely if you would like?
[20:49] (@Morgan) I dont like to think of you hurt... though I'm curious why you haven't done
[20:50] * Molly watches him quite intently
[20:50] (Molly) I'll be hurt many times in the future you know'
[20:50] (Molly) ?
[20:51] (@Morgan) maybe. Maybe not
[20:51] * Molly smiles somewhat shyly
[20:51] (Molly) At least eight times according to our bridal plate
[20:52] (@Morgan) Thats not quite teh same
[20:52] * Molly shrugs slightly
[20:53] (Molly) It'll be more painful than hot candle wax
[20:53] * @Morgan nods
[20:53] (@Morgan) I suppose so...
[20:53] * Molly looks at her hand once more
[20:54] (Molly) As for why I haven't healed it... I hadn't really thought of it until the subject of sealing things came up
[20:55] (@Morgan) You seem to be confused about something I said...
[20:56] * Molly puts down the stamp and wax, running a fingertip over the scar. She sighs with pleasure at the healing sensation
[20:56] (Molly) Am I'
[20:56] (@Morgan) aye
[20:57] * Molly looks confused
[20:57] (Molly) I don't think so?
[20:58] (@Morgan) I never said you were the second most beautiful woman I've ever seen,....
[20:59] * Molly looks to the table
[20:59] (Molly) Oh! That's a shame, I was always rather pleased by it
[21:00] (@Morgan) I said... you rivalled the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen...
[21:01] * Molly blushes
[21:01] (Molly) That is a great honour that I doubt I truly deserve
[21:03] (@Morgan) You're being too hard on yourself blossom
[21:04] * Molly smiles softly
[21:05] (Molly) It is oft I saying such to you
[21:06] * @Morgan nods
[21:06] (@Morgan) aye, it is
[21:08] * Molly begins to seal the letters
[21:09] (Molly) And if I said that without a doubt you are the most handsome man I've ever seen, would you accept it graciously? *she grins*
[21:09] (@Morgan) Not even slightly
[21:11] * Molly laughs
[21:12] (Molly) If I tell you so every day for the next fifty years, will you relent?
[21:12] (@Morgan) probably not
[21:13] * Molly giggles
[21:13] (Molly) Maybe if I told you _twice_ a day? *she seals all seven letters*
[21:15] (@Morgan) still not likely
[21:16] * Molly shakes her head ruefully
[21:16] (Molly) It is still true.
[21:18] * Molly goes to the bath, feeling the water. The clock on the mantle strikes four.
[21:19] (Molly) What would you like to do for the remainder of the afternoon, liebes herz?
[21:26] (@Morgan) I dont know, actually
[21:26] * @Morgan frowns
[21:26] (@Morgan) was I meant to be meeting people
[21:29] * Molly smiles softly, getting back in to the bath
[21:31] (Molly) Bauer said he'd be free if we wanted to speak with him. We're meeting the townspeople after church *her expression becomes more serious*
[21:34] (@Morgan) I dont know I need to speak with him
[21:37] * Molly looks thoughtful
[21:38] (Molly) I think I might, but I need some time to put my thoughts in order. So much is happening so fast, I don't know if I'm coming or going!
[21:38] * @Morgan nods
[21:40] (Molly) A walk then, if you wish to accompany me?
[21:41] * @Morgan nods
[21:41] (@Morgan) that'd be nice
[21:43] * Molly washes quickly, stepping out and looking for the towel
[21:45] (Molly) Hopefully I shall be more use to you once I have my thoughts in order
[21:45] * @Morgan nods
[21:46] (@Morgan) is there any way I can help?
[21:46] * Molly finds the towel down beside the bed
[21:46] (Molly) How on Theah-... *she giggles* oh, yes, I remember!
[21:47] * Molly looks to him as she dries off
[21:47] (Molly) No, you've already helped me more than you could realise
[21:48] (Molly) **again he picks up the word Ice in her thoughts
[21:51] * @Morgan frowns
[21:54] * Molly frowns in return as she gathers her clothes
[21:55] (@Morgan) I keep hearing... ice...
[21:55] (Molly) Would you prefer I dress behind the screen?
[21:56] * Molly sighs
[21:57] (@Morgan) Dont be daft
[21:57] (Molly) We can discuss it on our walk if you really wish to know, but I'd prefer not to do so naked
[21:58] * @Morgan nods
[21:58] (@Morgan) as you wish blossom
[21:58] (Molly) I'd feel too vulnerable really
[21:58] * @Morgan nods
[21:59] * Molly puts on her shift, then her corset and petticoats
[22:00] (Molly) Could you possibly lace me up, liebes herz?
[22:00] (@Morgan) of course
[22:00] (Molly) Now that I seem to have lost that effect
[22:01] * Molly smiles
[22:01] * @Morgan chuckles
[22:03] (@Morgan) ir does make it slightly... easier to completely, I think
[22:04] (Molly) Someone once said that it is infinitely easier for a man to put a woman's corset on to her than to remove it from her, but I don't remember who or why!
[22:06] (@Morgan) patience, I think
[22:06] * Molly laughs in puzzlement
[22:06] (Molly) Patience?
[22:07] (@Morgan) its why its easier to put it on... you're not fumbling trying to get it off
[22:09] * Molly laughs
[22:09] (Molly) I've never seen you fumble!
[22:10] (@Morgan) well, you know what I mean
[22:11] (Molly) Perhaps you're just more confident than most
[22:12] (@Morgan) or more dextrous
[22:12] * Molly waits til he's finished, then puts on her dress. She shivers pleasantly in remembrance
[22:12] (Molly) I would certainly testify to that
[22:13] * @Morgan blushes
[22:15] (Molly) **after several minutes she's dressed and they head out down the country lanes, walking companionly. They pass many fields high with golden wheat, and others full of cattle.
[22:15] * Molly looks happy, relaxed but clearly deep in thought.
[22:16] (Molly) Would you like to know something I'm really _not_ good at?
[22:17] (@Morgan) go on
[22:18] * Molly smiles
[22:19] (Molly) Shearing sheep. Oh, and driving carts. And souffles. 
[22:21] (@Morgan) I dont think anyones good at souffles
[22:22] * Molly shakes her head
[22:22] (Molly) Inga is
[22:23] * Molly gives him a sidelong glance, clearly playing
[22:23] (Molly) If you wish to marry her instead, I'll understand
[22:23] (@Morgan) I think HeinsHarold may take issue with that
[22:23] * @Morgan looks at the fields
[22:24] (@Morgan) any idea when these will need harvesting?
[22:24] * Molly watches him with amusement
[22:25] (Molly) You were a farmhand at the wrong time of year, liebes herz?
[22:26] (@Morgan) I lift... carry... that sort of thing
[22:28] * Molly bites her lower lip, stealing a glance around to ensure they aren't being watched, but theres no-one in sight
[22:28] (Molly) Just a minute...
[22:30] * Molly goes up to the metal bar gate and hitches her skirts up to climb it. She jumps down the other side gracefully, clearly experienced
[22:32] * @Morgan waders to the gate, leaning on it
[22:33] * Molly watches him a moment before going to the wheat and stroking it. She carefully weaves in between the straight green lines to repeat it on a few others. Then she bends down, crumbling the dark earth in her fingers.
[22:34] * Molly comes back to the gate, brushing off the soil
[22:35] (Molly) If the weather holds, three weeks. If we get a great deal of rain it'll be closer to four
[22:36] * @Morgan nods
[22:37] * Molly looks around once more, taking in the familiar farm setting a moment. She quickly kisses him before moving back
[22:38] (Molly) I'm sorry, I just thought I'd see how girls like me are usually courted!
[22:38] * Molly grins
[22:39] * @Morgan chuckes
[22:40] * Molly climbs back to the path
[22:40] (Molly) I've never been kissed over a gate before!
[22:41] (@Morgan) no?
[22:42] (Molly) But I'd never properly been kissed til you did
[22:44] * Molly pinches her lower lip as her mind wanders to Carleon
[22:45] (Molly) In truth, I was rather surprised when you did!
[22:46] (@Morgan) oh?
[22:47] (Molly) I did not perceive that you would be inclined to do so
[22:48] (@Morgan) I am difficult to read?
[22:51] * Molly nods emphatically
[22:51] (Molly) Very
[22:52] (Molly) It was hard to know what was said idly and without meaning against what you truly felt
[22:54] * @Morgan nods
[22:54] * Molly smiles nudging him playfully
[22:55] (Molly) Such as saying you could do much worse than having me as a mistress, on the day I nearly drowned. That statement played on my mind for many moons
[22:57] * @Morgan nods
[23:00] * Molly watches him
[23:00] (Molly) And I, liebes herz? Am I difficult to read'
[23:00] (Molly) ?
[23:01] * @Morgan nods
[23:01] * Molly looks surprised
[23:02] (Molly) Apart from my offer of any comfort or aid, I would have thought I was quite obvious
[23:03] (@Morgan) perhaps, then, I'm just not very good at hearing what I'm being told
[23:03] (Molly) I think maybe you just weren't ready
[23:04] (@Morgan) possibly
[23:04] (Molly) **the tree lined lane is peaceful, the late afternoon pleasantly warm
[23:05] (Molly) Were you surprised that you kissed me? Or even that you wished to?
[23:05] * @Morgan nods
[23:05] (@Morgan) aye
[23:06] * Molly smiles
[23:07] (Molly) I was so pleased that you did
[23:09] (@Morgan) I have to say, I was a little surprised I did it
[23:11] * Molly looks intrigued
[23:11] (Molly) What made you do it?
[23:12] (@Morgan) I wanetd to...
[23:13] * Molly smiles softly
[23:13] (@Morgan) and my opportunity to do so was.. disappearing
[23:13] (Molly) Was it?
[23:14] * @Morgan nods
[23:17] (Molly) Because I was to wed? Or because you thought perhaps I was losing my interest in you?
[23:17] (@Morgan) both, though the former was the more imminent in my mind
[23:19] * Molly nods
[23:20] (Molly) I knew, once you'd kissed me, that I was never going to be able to feel that spark with Curtis
[23:22] (@Morgan) I did not realise I'd have ruined that part of your relationship for you
[23:23] * Molly tries to read his expression, wondering if it's guilt or teasing that motivates his words
[23:23] * @Morgan looks serious
[23:24] (Molly) It was not your fault. I'd always had doubts, had I not?
[23:25] (@Morgan) true
[23:27] * Molly shrugs slightly
[23:28] (Molly) I think perhaps it is just the way for some people. I certainly felt the passion I'd been curious of when your lips met mine
[23:29] * Molly blushes
[23:30] * @Morgan nods
[23:32] (Molly) I knew that I would always have that memory to treasure, even in the years ahead
[23:33] * Molly smiles playfully
[23:34] (Molly) Were you not worried about how I would respond?
[23:34] * @Morgan nods
[23:34] (@Morgan) very
[23:35] (Molly) Even though it was my fault?
[23:35] (@Morgan) your fault?
[23:35] * Molly takes his hand very gently
[23:36] (Molly) My implication that I was imagining how it would feel to kiss you
[23:37] * @Morgan shrugs
[23:37] (@Morgan) maybe I misunderstood you...
[23:39] * Molly blushes hard
[23:40] (Molly) That was indeed what I was, and had been for some time, imagining though
[23:41] * Molly squeezes his hand, and he feels that sense of belonging once more