Lady Beatrice
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A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yours.
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Post by Lady Beatrice on May 12, 2009 12:12:20 GMT -5
*Beatrice gave a heavy sigh, troubled that she could not seem to just leave. That had been her intention. But the doctor had said to indulge him, it might aid in his recovery. Swallowing carefully, she moved towards him, leaning to examine the purse he'd indicated. And surely, it was heavy enough. Her lips tightened, the situation running through her mind.*
"My lord..." *She started at length, her voice softer.* "I have not the words."
*She bit back her tongue for a moment.*
"But surely you will not be able to manage on this indefinitely." *She didn't mean to be cruel, it was a simple fact presented so.*
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Post by Richard III on May 12, 2009 13:52:49 GMT -5
Richard's eyes narrowed, fixing on her intently now that she was closer. If he could not use his hands, he would arrest with his gaze.
"What did he say?" he asked, his voice softer, but no less intense. "Did the doctor indicate I may have to, as you say, manage on this indefinitely?"
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Lady Beatrice
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Post by Lady Beatrice on May 12, 2009 14:32:17 GMT -5
*Beatrice's brow lowered for only a moment before her lips tightened and she drew up the blanket over him, tucking him in.*
"Nay, my lord. He is confident that you shall make a recovery in your own time."
*Her eyes found his, trying to assure him.*
"You will be well again, my lord."
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Post by Richard III on May 12, 2009 15:43:19 GMT -5
Richard tried to hide his relief. It was unmanly, to be sure, to be so undone by mere fact. But he could not. Nor could he turn away, to hide the moistening of his eyes at her words.
"Thank you, my lady," he said, with what sounded like genuine feeling. "You will not be sorry you stooped to assist me."
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Lady Beatrice
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Post by Lady Beatrice on May 12, 2009 15:55:03 GMT -5
*His sincerity was a bit off-putting, but in a pleasant enough way. Still, she was wary. Lips pursed, she waited a moment before pulling the scarf off in concession.*
"Very well." *She muttered, unpacking all that she had set to take with her.*
"How might I be of service then, my lord." *She asked, trying to give it her best effort to be civil.*
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Post by Richard III on May 12, 2009 16:47:03 GMT -5
Richard blinked. In truth, he had not exactly expected her to acquiesce. He hadn't anything specific.
He just didn't want to be alone.
"Why, to keep me company," he said, a little gruffly.
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Lady Beatrice
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Post by Lady Beatrice on May 12, 2009 17:45:54 GMT -5
"I fear that I am no sort of company for your sex, my lord." *Beatrice confessed.*
"I am not one to dote and coddle. I do the fair sex no justice." *She started to pace a little, unsure of what to do.*
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Post by Richard III on May 12, 2009 17:51:02 GMT -5
"Do I seem one to demand doting?" he demanded. "I did not ask for it. I asked for company, which I have no doubt you can provide readily enough. Why, what recommends you so poorly to the task? What if I were a woman? What company would you be, then?"
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Lady Beatrice
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Post by Lady Beatrice on May 12, 2009 18:31:47 GMT -5
*Something caught in her throat and Beatrice was taken aback. Was she so ill-suited company? Chastised, she pulled the chair closer to the bed and sat. She felt so odd, like he was watching her every move, like he was judging her. And for some unknown reason, it bothered her more than she expected it to.*
"Fairer, I would imagine. You could speak of some exquisite gentleman you had an eye for and I would rail against him." *It was as if she was trying to keep things lighthearted, but truth was slipping out and she did not meet his eyes as she spoke.*
"Though I doubt you would be deterred. You seem...ambitious, my lord."
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Post by Richard III on May 13, 2009 9:33:46 GMT -5
"I am," he said without apology. "And I see no shame in it. Are you not ambitious in your own way? I do not see you deterred from speaking your mind, or that there is much to separate your habitual manner from that which you describe. You have never been shy of railing, in my experience."
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Lady Beatrice
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Post by Lady Beatrice on May 13, 2009 9:56:53 GMT -5
"I only speak to give voice to the plights others will speak not of." *Beatrice countered.*
"I see no reason that a woman may not speak as frankly as any man assumes he has been given right to." *She'd straightened a bit, almost readying for battle. She'd done so before, as it were.*
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Post by Richard III on May 13, 2009 10:45:22 GMT -5
Richard had no idea why she was so eager to be up in arms, but at least she was playing into his point.
"You prove me right, even now, lady," he said, fairly calmly. "For though I have been agreeing with you all along, yet you insist upon finding offense. Which, as you say, you would do were I lady. And therefore, madam, I rest my case: you provide company for man or woman to the same degree, in kind. You rail admirably in either event."
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Lady Beatrice
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Post by Lady Beatrice on May 13, 2009 11:14:11 GMT -5
*Beatrice arched a brow, trying to ascertain his objectives in such discourse.*
"No offense, sir, but that women who speak their thoughts are so discouraged. I think you would find such judgement ill-suiting, should you be in my place." *She'd calmed a little, more defending her point than trying to strike out.*
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Post by Richard III on May 13, 2009 11:42:35 GMT -5
"But I am not in your place, nor shall I ever be," he pointed out. "And if women are discouraged from speaking their minds, perhaps it is not the onus of those who do the discouraging to change, but on women to train their thoughts and words to match the level of discourse already ongoing. I have seldom heard a woman raise her voice to do aught but complain, or prattle about inconsequentials. Perhaps if she were to engage on the level of men, men would listen."
((LOL SEXISM.))
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Lady Beatrice
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Post by Lady Beatrice on May 13, 2009 12:21:12 GMT -5
((Indeed.))
"I dare say a man could not to open his ears to hear, but for being enamored of their own voice." *She parried, brow creased in disapproval.*
"When he could give her simple respect, perhaps she would be able to find some other subject than lamentation."
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