Again, the touch gave her pause. It was not that Louis had not loved her, and indeed he loved her still. Love, as was often the way with things, not the issue between them. But he was still selfish as only a king could be. In what what he was raised for. And she, is turn, what what she was raised to be. She gave herself fully to him. Filling his days, indulging his whims. Creating entertainments and distractions.
If her fair was out of place --- well, he would not think to return it. He would not do as much for his own. This was the man that thought she desired payment for her bravery after a particularly hard bleeding. That could not remain in the room with her, out of his own weaknesses. It never occurred to him she would far rather have his hand than any bit of money.
No, he would not have given such attention to a few strands of hair.
Reinette kept her steps brisk as she lead them through hallways and back to her own suite of rooms. It had been designed for a Duke and a Duchess that had lost their title after a failure to produce as heir. At their passing, and her own displacement Reinette inherited their rooms. After her own bedroom and a sitting room sat another independent bedroom. She had already instructed a fire be laid there in anticipation.
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Date: 2010-01-14 07:13 am (UTC)If her fair was out of place --- well, he would not think to return it. He would not do as much for his own. This was the man that thought she desired payment for her bravery after a particularly hard bleeding. That could not remain in the room with her, out of his own weaknesses. It never occurred to him she would far rather have his hand than any bit of money.
No, he would not have given such attention to a few strands of hair.
Reinette kept her steps brisk as she lead them through hallways and back to her own suite of rooms. It had been designed for a Duke and a Duchess that had lost their title after a failure to produce as heir. At their passing, and her own displacement Reinette inherited their rooms. After her own bedroom and a sitting room sat another independent bedroom. She had already instructed a fire be laid there in anticipation.
It was there she led Jack.