<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Charlotte “Charlie” Cooper</strong></span><br/><strong>Current Location</strong>: Outside the Study<br/><strong>With:</strong>Lord Richard and Lord Darcy<br/><strong>When:</strong>Shortly Before Dinner<br/><br/>As Charlie listened to the conversation of the two lords pass over her head, she slowly became aware that there two conversations taking place at the same time. The one she easily understood, complimented her on her ability to handle Zeus and the other horses in the stable. Under different circumstances she would have preened under such high praise. But she could sense there was a subtext that was beyond her comprehension. Maybe it was part of the secret way the aristocracy communicated amongst themselves or maybe she was simply not supposed to understand.<br/><br/>It was disconcerting and confusing. Made even more so by the lingering hand Lord Darcy left on her shoulder. Despite her confusion, his massaging fingers put her more at ease than she had been since this whole nasty business erupted into her life.<br/><br/>"My lord, I could return to the stables for now, come back to the house if I am ... required?" She ask Lord Darcy, although even to Charlie it sounded more like a plea than a request.