Taking her hand Mark bent over and kissed it, “Charmed my lady. I am afraid I have not been privy to much I had only just arrived before yourself as I had a patient to attend”<br/><br/>Then he nodded at Tyler, “Thank you.” And took the seat indicated. “Yes I am sure that our paths will have crossed at some point. I served on the North West frontier as well as Bengal and of course I did a spell at Headquarters.” Mark smiled, “Maybe we met in a professional capacity.” He nodded, “Trouble in Ireland, yes I believe that there are issues there. Although for the life of me I cannot conceive how anyone would actually want to leave the British Empire. It is a bastion of fair play and civilisation.”<br/><br/>Turning to more immediate matters, “So there is talk of a Darkie being involved?”<br/>