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[img]https://s12.postimg.org/v4ysdqh4d/Regency_Chloe_13.gif[/img][hr][color=ff6600]Location:[/color] Teriny Inn[/center][hr][hr]Maeve laughed at Calum's joke, amused with his play on words. Catholics and Protestants tended to bicker to an extreme when it came to the Holy Ghost, but she saw no reason to pick a fight with Calum. It would be like entering a sparring match with a baby. He'd flail about and she would feel only a sense of pity for him. In her opinion, her deaf daughter was far more capable of protecting herself and navigating the world of miscreants than Calum was. 

[color=ff6600]"Yer may be a lad av God, Calum, but even God wud not want us ter live withoyt tastin' 'ard tack,"[/color] Maeve replied curtly, taking another sip of her beer. [color=ff6600]"It'll do yer gran',"[/color] she insisted. She was Irish, after all, a nation practically known for divulging in alcohol at almost every occasion. And when Calum admitted that he saw the pull of spirits, she couldn't help but grin with a bit of pride. 

Of course, she figured that no matter what she said, the man would stick to tea. She could lead a horse to water, but she couldn't make him drink. As Calum returned to his meal, so did Maeve. She enjoyed the warmth of it, feeling as it practically spread throughout her body. It was a welcome change from the treatment on the ship from Ireland. Why, even Calum's lodgings in the stable would be an improvement on how they were quartered on that vessel. 

Nigel's wife had a good deal of sense to her, as far as Maeve was concerned, when she announced the switch in Calum's lodgings. The man was daft to sleep in the stables, as far as she was aware. The man was awfully frightened just walking through the port town, she could hardly imagine what the night would be like for him. She wouldn't have been shocked if he was deathly afraid of spiders as well. 

[color=ff6600]"A bat' wud be pure failte, t'anks,"[/color] Maeve replied, smiling gratefully at Nigel's wife.