<div class="floatright">(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd468/sybakrys/Tyler/darcy.jpg)</div><strong>Tyler walks with Rowena</strong><br/><br/>He could see from her gestures that she would clearly troubled by the curse, so all he could do was to reassure her that it did not matter to him. Yes it was a big deal, but his feelings for her would not change, he was sure of that. “I am grateful for you honestly and I assume that you would expect the same of me so that is why I have been so candid with you in regard to my feelings and indeed how I feel towards your situation.”<br/><br/>When she glanced down for the second time, he went to lift her chin with his hand but before he got close she raised it anyway. “I think you are right to hold back and yes I will ask when the time is right, but rest assured I will stay strong in my affections for you.”<br/><br/>After the whisper of what others might think, the Major, once he had escorted Rowena outside and led her down the street, stiffened slightly. He smiled in her directions and with her arm still in his, he replied. “In regard to what others might think, let them gossip as their opinions mean little or indeed nothing to me as I am sure they mean little to you. Do not worry your heart my love.” When he called her his love it felt so natural and perfect, he hoped she would not become upset at his assumption. He paused for a moment and then suggested “I thought we should walk back to your hotel, but take the long way round, so as to take in some of the finer points of Brighton?”