<div style="text-align: justify;">Marianne was always relieved when she visited her sister, or had her in her home. It was always great to see Elizabeth, and she missed the days when they were both single and lived under the same roof. That had been a long time ago, of course. They were now married, and lived apart. Elizabeth had a son, and as for Marianne... she had never managed to give her husband a child.<br/><br/>Now, she was still married to him - of course, what other choice did she have? - and he was probably arranging for a baby with another woman. Oh, how she wish she could kill them both.<br/><br/>With a sigh, she fell silent while Martha showed up in the room. She didn't want to discuss family matters in front of a servant, after all. <br/><br/>Once the woman left, Marianne turned her attention back to her sister. "Oh, well. Let us forget about the little wench. She will get what is coming her way when she turns older and unmarried, because no man wants to marry a woman who was been used before", she stated, changing the subject for something less heartbreaking. "How is Tommy?", she asked with a smile. Her nephew was someone she really liked, as much as she liked her sister. "Did he like the package I sent?", the woman continued, referring to a package with some winter clothes, adventure books and sweets she had arranged for her nephew a few weeks ago, to make him feel less homesick at school.<br/><br/><div><hr style="height:2px; width:100%; border:0; color: red;background:red;"/></div><br/>Angus was slightly uncomfortable talking to Charles. The old man had seen better days, he thought to himself. It made him slightly sad, even despite the falling out between the two families.<br/><br/>Old age was a strange thing, Angus thought to himself, wondering how it would be for him. When Charles remembered the masquerade, he nodded. "Exactly. It will be a pleasure to have you there", the man commented.<br/><br/>Well, he had enough time before that would be an issue, the man reminded himself. For now, he was still young enough not to worry about it.<br/><br/>He was about to say something else when Walter showed up. Angus wasn't really fond of the man, but he greeted him politely, with a tip of his hat. <br/><br/>"Not at all", the man replied when Walter thanked him. "It was a pleasure to talk to him for a moment". Before the situation could become awkward, the man watched the two men walk away, and did the same. Victoria was probably wondering what was taking him so long, after all.</div>