[center][img]http://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/ccff888e-d2a3-4f6d-a340-d0c5f453075c.png[/img] [h1][b][i][color=0072bc]Millicent Wyndham[/color][/i][/b][/h1] [img]http://data.whicdn.com/images/229255126/original.gif[/img][hr][b][color=0072bc]Location:[/color][/b] Wyndham Estate near Hyde Park (Inside)[hr][/center] Millicent waited within the door, seeing the others leave from her vantage point and waiting to see if Virginia would follow suit or just come on in. Seeing her friend come up the steps of the home she smiled gratefully. She did not want to be alone with her step mother right then considering everything that was going on and the woman's out burst just a few scant moments before. She knew that Elizabeth would not curb her speech in front of guests but having an outsider there did tend to keep the woman's hands from flying so freely in Millicent's direction. Slipping her arm through Virginia's, Millicent lead Virginia through her home and up the stairs to the second floor where it could be easily heard through the doors that her step mother was voicing her ever over spoken opinion of the people that Millicent chose to be around and none of it was flattering. Milli could do nothing but try to drown it out in her mind as she focused on Virginia's words about her brother. Once they were inside Millicent's room and the door was closed behind them by Abigail, she let go of Virginia and sat down at her vanity seat, gesturing for her dear friend to have a seat anywhere she wished. [color=0072bc]"I know you wish not to let your sibling to be out of your protection for such training but I would suggest that you make haste with his training. Not only for his protection but for yours as well. As one that can attest that having untrained figures in the home is daunting. I must remain to see to my sisters protection despite my step mothers wishes for me to wed now. Though I will admit, being able to keep an arms length from many of the unsavories is welcome, being unable to seek anything for myself in hopes of leaving this self imposed prison is taxing. Not that you will have such issues but it is something to be mindful of."[/color] As Millicent spoke, Abigail stepped out to retrieve some boiling water and some merigold petals. Setting them down on one of the tables within the bedroom suite, the handmaid seeped the petals in the water. Dampening a piece of linen she handed it over to Millicent as she finished, Milli pressing the cloth to her cheek and sighing slightly as she looked away from her closest friend. [color=0072bc]"I wish our fathers were here to stand by us. To be able to seek their knowledge and experience as well as lean on their strength right now would be a welcome reprieve for us both. How I miss the days when I would sit in my fathers study as he went over the ledgers, listening to what would be coming in on the next ship and what would be sent where. The house was far more level and warm when he was here than it is now. I hope you can forgive me for allowing it to fall to its current state,"[/color] she said as Abigail gave her a sympathetic look, not wanting to speak against her mistress's step mother, as much as she detested the woman's actions. Shaking off the morose thought process Millicent looked back over towards Virginia and gave her a half hearted smile. [color=0072bc]I am sorry to keep you, rambling on as such that I am. Will you be needing any assistance with Almack's? I would be despaired to think your body would be left unprotected should you need to touch on your persona skills."[/color]