[ This is so much information all at once. She's talking very fast, and it makes him smile. Dear Lucy. She's obviously excited.
He's about to make commentary on Athos and the horses, but then she mentions the repairs, and he starts to thinking about what sort of state the farmhouse might be in. And how many buildings there might be, and how many fields, and whether there are any sheep and whether there's any jasmine growing by the barn -
He's getting overly ahead of himself, in short. ]
Farming is always hard graft, that's no surprise. I'll not know for certain until I see it, of course, but I don't imagine it would be anything we can't handle. I grew up on a farm, I'm used enough to that. And Athos, well...
He'll do what I tell him, for once. I'd very much like to see it. And to take up your offer. You're more than kind, my Lady.
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He's about to make commentary on Athos and the horses, but then she mentions the repairs, and he starts to thinking about what sort of state the farmhouse might be in. And how many buildings there might be, and how many fields, and whether there are any sheep and whether there's any jasmine growing by the barn -
He's getting overly ahead of himself, in short. ]
Farming is always hard graft, that's no surprise. I'll not know for certain until I see it, of course, but I don't imagine it would be anything we can't handle. I grew up on a farm, I'm used enough to that. And Athos, well...
He'll do what I tell him, for once. I'd very much like to see it. And to take up your offer. You're more than kind, my Lady.