<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=151908.msg6934142#msg6934142">Quote from: Prince Truhan on 17-09-2012, 03:28:52</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Who: Lord Andrew Henshaw<br/>Where: Library<br/>With: Elizabeth others nearby<br/>When: Day 1 - Evening<br/><br/>"Yes, I have taken part since I was allowed to" His hand kept caressing her side slowly "Things are more free here than anywhere else, I hope to help you take advantage of that."<br/><br/>He followed her eyes and saw she was watching Alice work, his own eyes briefly looked at Belle hoping to catch her gaze. Then he moved a little to the side so that he wouldn't obstruct her view of Alice and the earl. He leaned and whispered in her ear/<br/><br/>"What is in your mind as you stare at those two?"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Elizabeth gave him a shy smile, unsure how to answer him.  "I'm not sure how any future prospects I might have would feel if something were to happen this weekend," she admitted.  "I'm sure a husband would want his wife to be... untouched when he married her.  Maybe I can just watch.  Besides, I very much doubt my brother would be happy if I let someone have me," she added, worried about what the social circle would think, if she ended up with someone, and the news got out.  Certainly, the fact that she'd been invited to the weekend might help, but she still worried.<br/><br/>Still, she couldn't help but to be curious on what was going on in full view of everyone.  "Men enjoy that?" she asked, her voice low to match his.  She wouldn't know how to even start, even if she<em>would</em>be persuaded to be with someone, but it couldn't hurt to watch.<br/><br/>Archie suddenly appeared next to her, and she was relieved to see him.  She offered him a warm smile, wondering where Vivienne was.  "Andrew, this is my brother Archibald," she said politely, using Archie's given name, rather than the less formal one the family used.  "Did you get things sorted out?" she asked him now, referring to his talk with Vivienne, though being discreet not to use any names, or be more specific.  He'd know what she meant.