Monsieur de Sabre's words were picked up by Vivienne, but in light of her concern with filling Bob in, and being somewhat familiar with haughty gentlemen who spoke in such a manner to give off false airs, she pretty much ignored them.  Then too, she wasn't entirely sure he was being serious, or just having a laugh on them.  Not sitting at a bar, indeed!<br/><br/>It was more what Bob said next that caused her mouth to fall agape.<br/><br/><strong>"Oui, Inspector Gale..."  </strong>Was about all she could get out of her mouth as she tried to wrap her mind around Bob being in jail, number one, and a woman's jail, number two.  But no matter how curious she was to hear more, she could not do so in public.  That would be for Bob to elaborate on, or for Vivienne to ask him about later.<br/><br/>Feeling bad because it never occurred to her to mourn poor Joss, Vivienne was initially relieved to hear Monsieur de Sabre agree.  What she was not prepared for was the way HE thought Joss would have wanted them to mourn.  Her eyes could only stare at the man in disbelief, at least until he changed subjects and she guessed he had again been having a laugh on her.<br/><br/><strong>"I've continued to dance, and traveled a little after I left the ship.  Of late I've been staying in a small town in County Kerry, but working steady at a respectable pub there."</strong><br/><br/>Vivienne sighed.  She hoped they believed her when she said the place had been respectable.  More often than not just being a dancer by trade labeled you a whore, and Vivienne was far from that, but working in a pub or tavern added another black mark to a woman's reputation.  Not that it bothered her enough to make her quit.  What else did she have to look forward too,  being a poor man's wife and mother to a half dozen runny nosed children?<br/><br/>No...when she was able to find a man she could love, and share a life of some ease with, then she wanted to have a family, and become a modest and gentile woman by day, and a harlot by night.<br/><br/><strong>"Unfortunately the pay has never been very good for a dancer, and as much as I would have liked going out on the road to travel more, I was never able to save enough.  Which is why I'm most excited at this new venture.  No matter what it brings in the form of wealth if any, it is an adventure, just like the old days."</strong>