Thirty-Five Bells: [Voice/Action]

[simplestgift]

[Archie is going to head into All Passions today, in desperate need of a dress uniform. When things are slow at work tonight, he'll speak a message.]

Is there anyone in the village who could perform a wedding? A priest or other official? I'm...getting married.

[He sounds a tad stunned about it, too. Even if it's been over a month since this was decided.]

Comments

[Written]

[simplestgift]

It most absolutely can. Although I suppose you weren’t here for the Christmas ball.

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

I missed it by a month- though I have heard wonderful things about the ball.

[Written]

[simplestgift]

[There's a pause before the response is written while a huge smile grows on Archie's face.]

Have you? What have you heard?

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

Ginia spoke of it fondly, and mentioned the lights and decorations. Little else.

[Written]

[simplestgift]

…Yes, she did seem to enjoy herself. [And she doesn’t seem to be coming back. He was so hopeful of that.]

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

It would be difficult not to.

[Adele had stopped hoping for anything at this point.]

You'll be a happily married man by the time the next comes around.

[Written]

[simplestgift]

Yes. And doing a great deal of cooking and baking, without Captain Aubrey here.

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

Captain Aubery?

[Written]

[simplestgift]

...A fine cook. He's no longer here.

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

My condolences, Archie.

[Written]

[simplestgift]

It was some time ago. I didn't realize how long till now.

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

Time goes by all too quickly.

[Written]

[simplestgift]

...He was a post-captain in the Royal Navy. He was here with a doctor friend of his. We used to have officers' dinners together. It was how I learnt he could cook.

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

He sounds like a fine officer and gentleman.

[Written]

[simplestgift]

I hear that word misused so often I'm beginning to wonder if it serves a purpose in your time.

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

Officer or gentleman?

[Written]

[simplestgift]

Gentleman.

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

It is less connected to breeding and more connected to mannerisms and behavior in my time, yes.

[Written]

[simplestgift]

There are many ways to say a man is agreeable.

[Written]

[fleurdesel]

It's not used as often as it once was, even in this context. Most in Paris simply say that a man is fairly mannered...which typically means he is less likely to sleep with your wife or daughter without first taking them to dinner.