*Drags Pierre and Benoit into the middle of the meadow with mugs of beer and sausages* Right. Noone can hear us so tell me what happened. Are you in trouble? *Pierre starts* "No. I think not anyway. My little sister went wandering and was caught by some man, the Marquis saved +
+*Benoit stands up fussing about grass seeds on his breeches* "I have to get on, he's waiting for me." *Nods and leaves them* Yeah, bye then. *Watches him go* He's a bit up himself. Least he still comes round sometimes. *Lays back on the grass* Do you think he'll get in trouble?+
*Settles into a new routine working alongside Pierre and his family. Gives Therese the important job of carrying the cat to a new sunny spot every so often*
@MarquisdEffiat *Calls from a window* Who is it? What do you want? *Shuffles downstairs and opens the door stepping back with a bow* Sorry. Come in. *Lights a lantern sneaking a glance at the boys*
*Squints when a flash of gold catches his eye across the yard, snickering to Rain* Bet that's Lully. Noone else wears good stuff near the dirt. He's been gone forever. Last time he was scraping around. Must have been looking for truffles. Won't find them near the manure pile.
*Rides Rain around the meadow with Michel following behind them, jumping off the zebra's back into a big pile of leaves, laying back and watching the clouds, feeding Michel slices of apple*
*Chews on an apple and watches the three new horses for Monsieur, le Chevalier and the little ones being led into the field* They're beautiful. Like they're made of gold. Or sunshine.
+thing. We dont need anyone else. I wasn't lonely. The birds are in their scarves already and the zebras have their boots. *Tears open a package and quickly hacks off a slice of cake* Told you. This is her best cake. *Hacks off another and finds plates* Eat up. Missed you.
*Blows on his fingers and shuffles his feet waiting for Jacques to return from convalescing at his mother's house. Waves and runs up to the carriage before it even stopped, starting to chat nonstop* Are you better? How was mama and the rest? Did she feed you up? What did she +
+send me? Bet she misses me. I'm her favourite. And the only one that sends her money. *Helps Jacques down tucking parcels under his arm and hurries them inside* Not much happened here. Michael helped me drag new fence posts along the road, he's got a harness and a sled thing.+