<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/65/Judgehawkins.png)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Judge Warwick<br/><strong>Date:</strong>May 4, 1876<br/><strong>Time of Day:</strong>Morning<br/><strong>Location:</strong>The Courthouse: Judge Warwick's office<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Marguerite Tuerny, Elisabeth Boyle<br/><hr/><em> "Perhaps more a promise than a threat."</em><br/><br/>The judge gave a low chuckle, but nodded, then turned his attention towards the approaching Lady Boyle, as well as the questions posed by Margeurite.<br/><br/><em> "Judge have you been partaking of the spirits, I am shocked. Mortified even."</em><br/><br/>Even at the mock chastisement, the Judge frowned deeply.<strong>”I lost a dear friend two nights ago,”</strong>he countered.  He had enough of his own reservations about the evil of drink that he didn't much care to be chastised for it, playfully or not.<strong>”And he probably would have told me I didn’t toast him enough.”</strong>He shook it off, or tried to, his countenance still darkening a bit, and sobering.  Coleman had been a close friend of Warwick’s, and the old Judge didn’t make friends often or easily.  He smiled at the mention of cigars, and gave a small chuckle at the chess move.<strong>“I believe you’d threatened a mate six moves ago,”</strong>he replied with a smile.<strong>“And yet here we are, and you’ve yet to deliver the summary defeat your promised when we got started.”</strong>His eyes gave a bit of a twinkle at that.<br/><br/>He let the ladies discuss clothing and attire for a moment, then Elisabeth’s attentions turned to some other, more consequential topic.  He let them discuss business for a moment, and paused to interject.<strong>“Lady Boyle is a member of the Collegium – as I understand it, Monsieur Fontaine was working on a new knifeboat design of some kind.  He might be willing to … field test it for considerably cheaper than some of the riverboat Captains would charge.  If you dare step foot in a Collegium contraption,”</strong>he added, giving a wink to Lady Boyle.  He still wasn’t willing to divulge th exact nature of Margeurite’s property – but there was a great deal of property in the Maze which might take a boat to access.<br/><br/>He looked to Margeurite and gave a smile.  “Well, I can send Blue for some lunch, if you’re finding your appetite,” he offered.<br/>