Mark finished getting refreshed from the journey and then studied himself in the mirror. His skin was looking a tad pale, maybe a tonic would be a good idea. He could hear a humming coming from the room and moved so that he could see into it.<br/><br/>The young maid was humming s she put away his clothes and then he saw her hesitate and guessed what had caused that. Stepping out of the bathroom he walked over to her and picked up the revolver. “It is quite harmless.” He pushed out the revolving chambers, “See all empty, no bullets.”<br/><br/>He could see the slight widening of her rather blue eyes followed by a rather dreamy look, the pulse in her neck and he thought how nice it would be hold her eyes with his and then to bend his head to her neck. With a jerk of his head he flicked the revolving chamber back with a solid click.<br/>“Best put this out of the way in the drawer.” He stepped past her and opening the drawer slid in the revolver and then closed it.<br/><br/>She in turn seemed to snap out of a daydream, “Sorry sir.” She returned to her work as Mark checked his tie and as he did so he noticed a rather odd ornament, a Hurdy Gurdy and for a second or two he could have sworn it was playing.<br/><br/>Just another odd thing to join the others he was experiencing at the moment. Then he nodded to himself and went down to the drawing room to be announced.<br/><br/>