<em>Finally! </em>he taught, as the bell rang for dinner. His tummy was beginning to rumble somewhat. It had been a long journey from home and all he had eaten since arriving was a handful of small thin biscuits of such a size as to be unsustainable for a man of his girth.<br/><br/>As he was being lead into the large dining room, he stayed close to Lady Charlotte. He acknowledged the other guests, in particular the women as he had a fondness for the ‘fairer sex’.<em>Quite captivating</em>he taught as he went by them. He taught that he may have even caught the eye of one or two. He understood from his eavesdropping that they were called Lacy MacAllister, Lady Rowena Bleakmore Ashwin and Lady Emily Rose Windham. He sighed as he took in there natural beauty and presence. He acknowledged each of them with a smile, if they happened upon to look in his direction.<br/><br/>He waited to be shown to his sit and to his light amusement and delight it looked as though he would be sat near to all three or at least within speaking distance. The thought of this relieved him somewhat as the ‘savages’ would be situated some distance away from them and himself.<br/>