I felt tricked and embarrassed and ashamed, and none of those things are emotions I am keen on sharing. Perhaps they are not worth my time, but I thought Tobias to be my friend at least.
[ Judgmental, perhaps. But that’s d’Artagnan. He would never treat any friend like that, and he has absolute distaste for people who do. What had those men been thinking of? Lucy is only seventeen. Why would they toy with her feelings like that? ]
Know that you need never be ashamed of how you feel, where I am concerned. Its not you I judge, it’s those who hurt you, and behave without honour. I’m truly sorry for what they’ve done.
[ He sounds wry, and he sighs. He leans his head sideways against the wall of his room, the phone still held to his ear. ]
If I were, I’d have been there to stop all of this, from both of them. You deserve much better than that.
Don’t let your heart be broken by men who don’t deserve to touch it. There are many better than they, who are best left to each other if this is how they treat their friends.
Forgive yourself, you cannot guard me from every hurt I insist on doing to myself. I am the only one to blame here.
I will find another who will cradle my heart carefully, and guard it well. Until then, I think you and Athos shall build more than an adequate fortress around my personage.
[ The last girl he’d talked to about hunting had been so offended by
the subject as to make speaking of it intolerable. Lucy is so far removed
from that to suggest it, and he feels a rush of amused fondness for her.
She has never sounded so much like a noble. ]
Yes, of course. We’ve no dogs, but we could make do.
Athos is coming to get you, you said. Would you like me to make the
arrangements?
[ Already, he's making his way down to the stables. He'll collect Lucy's bow and quiver on the way, as well, since he knows she prefers them to guns. ]
Come to find me once you're here. We'll take your mind off all of this.
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He runs his hand over his hair, and then he nods. ]
If they trouble you again, my Lady, I will ask them to leave.
I recommend that you avoid them, as well, or it will be more difficult to insist.
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Misunderstandings!!!]
It was a foolish thing to do. I am very sorry for it. And grateful you did not witness it.
I will not seek their company out again.
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While also entering firmly into elder brother mode. ]
I care for your wellbeing, my Lady. After what happened at the swear-in, I did not think Monsieur Gray's company is something you would seek again.
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I do not like-
[She pauses, a moment.]
I do not like to measure a man by a single meeting. I thought, perhaps, he might be kinder if I tried again.
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Not all men are as kind as they should be.
You are certain he did not lay hands on you?I would not let him away with it, I hope you know that.
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[She means it.]
Athos is coming to escort me home, so you should have no worries.
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[ In that case he goes outside, meaning to busy himself at the stables. ]
Where are you now?
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I know I should have asked you along.
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Why didn't you?
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[She has this going for her, she doesn't lie.]
Because I felt foolish and ashamed, and I did not want you or Athos to witness that.
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Ashamed of what?
The fault lay with them, and not with you. Such men are not worth your time, my Lady.
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I felt tricked and embarrassed and ashamed, and none of those things are emotions I am keen on sharing. Perhaps they are not worth my time, but I thought Tobias to be my friend at least.
I am not accustomed to my friends misleading me.
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[ Judgmental, perhaps. But that’s d’Artagnan. He would never treat any friend like that, and he has absolute distaste for people who do. What had those men been thinking of? Lucy is only seventeen. Why would they toy with her feelings like that? ]
Know that you need never be ashamed of how you feel, where I am concerned. Its not you I judge, it’s those who hurt you, and behave without honour. I’m truly sorry for what they’ve done.
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[She sounds just a little brighter, for a moment.]
You are the best thing I could have found. The best people I could possibly imagine to be here with me.
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[ He sounds wry, and he sighs. He leans his head sideways against the wall of his room, the phone still held to his ear. ]
If I were, I’d have been there to stop all of this, from both of them. You deserve much better than that.
Don’t let your heart be broken by men who don’t deserve to touch it. There are many better than they, who are best left to each other if this is how they treat their friends.
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I will find another who will cradle my heart carefully, and guard it well. Until then, I think you and Athos shall build more than an adequate fortress around my personage.
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[ That's not Lucy's fault. That just means she expects everyone else to be as good as she is. It's no surprise that most of them will fall short. ]
We should do something tonight. The three of us. I don't know what, but something. Athos and I will take your mind off it.
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A ride? An excursion! Into the woods?
A hunt?
[She hunts. She likes it. That's why she has a bow!]
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[ The last girl he’d talked to about hunting had been so offended by the subject as to make speaking of it intolerable. Lucy is so far removed from that to suggest it, and he feels a rush of amused fondness for her. She has never sounded so much like a noble. ]
Yes, of course. We’ve no dogs, but we could make do.
Athos is coming to get you, you said. Would you like me to make the arrangements?
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[She sounds just a little brighter now, like maybe this is making her feel better.]
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[ Already, he's making his way down to the stables. He'll collect Lucy's bow and quiver on the way, as well, since he knows she prefers them to guns. ]
Come to find me once you're here. We'll take your mind off all of this.
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