Matthew Crawley

Son. Lawyer. Captain. Heir to an earldom. I enjoy a good argument, but only with someone who can argue back. (RP)

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales (glancing back at her) You see beautifully, though. Perhaps you should continue.

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@OfNightengales "More"? What did you learn before?

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@OfNightengales I somehow did not envision it as a craft you would enjoy, but I am sure you're very good at it.

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@OfNightengales (his tone softening) What do you embroider?

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales (sounding *extremely* amused) You embroider?

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@OfNightengales (gently teasing her) Do ladies not have things to occupy themselves with?

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales I'm getting tired of sitting around the house all day, truthfully. I need something useful to do again.

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@OfNightengales (he goes quiet for a while before) I am thinking of returning to work full time soon. I am as ready as I will ever be, I think.

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@OfNightengales (he looks forward again to hide his smirk) I imagine you wouldn't, but we don't want to startle anyone. Mother was scarred enough, I think.

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@OfNightengales (glancing back at her) We must turn back if you get cold. (with a tiny smirk) Much as I might enjoy warming you up, I won't have the chance.

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales (he blows out a breath, watching it fog in the air) I think we are getting a last cold spell before spring.

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales "Enjoy your walk, my lady." (he gives Matthew a small smile and a nod, which Matthew returns, feeling oddly grateful for the butler's acceptance)

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales (as if on cue, Carson appears with coats for the both of them, and Matthew's hat, with his customary smile that seems exclusively reserved for Mary)

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales (he laughs softly, looking up at her) Believe me, I wouldn't ask you to. Don't let her bother you. The jealousy is all her own.

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales Trust me. Find her something she can focus her attention on, and she'll stop making us exactly that.

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@OfNightengales But she can be kind. I saw her with the soldiers when I was here. How much she helped and how much time she gave. I think she just needs a direction. A purpose.

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales Perhaps she will eventually find that mended and feel less inclined to be spiteful.

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales Well she cannot spoil our happiness nor our potential for it. (unaware, that in some ways, she had been the one to start the dominoes of all this trouble falling in the first place)

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales (he is trying, and failing, to not laugh softly) I think she finds us more scandalous than anyone else so far.

[Matthew Crawley @CreatureOfDuty]

@OfNightengales (he bids a good afternoon to those left at the table, Sybil seeing them off with a kind "Stay warm!")