[hr][hr][center][h1][i][b][color=b8860b]Reginald Keystone[/color][/b][/i][/h1]
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[hr][center][color=b8860b][b]Location:[/b][/color] Qasr El Nil Barracks [/center][hr][hr]
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	A polite knock sounded from the exterior of the office door, prompting The Lord Major to respond with a terse, [color=b8860b]"Enter."[/color] He was expecting the soldier that he sent to supply for a report, or perhaps a young clerk with a fresh telegraph from the War Office. As such, his manner was short and businesslike. When he saw that it was his dear nephew Peter, Reginald gave a satisfied grin and showed him a touch of family hospitality. [color=b8860b]"Please please, do come in! Take a seat; would you care for a post-breakfast cup of tea? Hmm..."[/color] A thought had occurred to the Lord Major regarding Tea, he quickly located a quartermaster request and scribbled something in the margin. [color=b8860b]"Never can have enough tea, or enough spirits, when organizing a long-term outing, you see..."[/color] he mumbled, with bright eyes, seeming almost jolly. 

	When Peter mentioned Vera, the Lord Major set down his pen and began to listen to his nephew with rapt optimism. [color=b8860b]"Ah, she has already left the Barracks? I must seem quite the cad, not seeing her and her entourage off, especially after a medical scare such as that. Well, it is good that she is perfectly well; I shall have to apologize later for my lack of courtesy."[/color] 

	Further mention of Miss Ridgeway and William Drake was met with an amused but inquisitive look. [color=b8860b]"Yes, yes... she has been surrounding herself with a few Colonials as of late, has she not? Though I suspect, like yourself, that Miss Ridgeway is either a good influence on her, or she a good influence on Miss Ridgeway, with equal likelihood of either being the case. As for that Drake fellow... I've not a full read on that man. Candidly, Peter - the first meeting I had with that man involved me coming to a false conclusion and bellowing 'Have at you!' with drawn sword. At any rate, I cannot say much more about him aside that I do not believe he wishes our dearest Vera any harm, and seems to comport himself as a typical American, for good or ill. Why he continues about, I assume, has something to do with our ever-present mystery, and the possibility of treasure, I suppose. Though why he was associating with Vera at all to begin with, I could not say with certainty."[/color] 

	Reginald sighed. [color=b8860b]"Very good. My dailies are almost all sorted, just one last..."[/color] he signed the backmost of a short stack of papers, blotted the excess away, and dropped them with light flourish into a box labeled "OUT" to one side of his desk. [color=b8860b]"Excellent. Now for the real efforts of the day. I shall have to speak with Lady Munn about the particulars, of course, but for now I believe I shall Quartermaster up a few provisions and store them separately from the base's."[/color] 

	[color=b8860b]"But you didn't come to speak with me about that, now did you, Peter? Is there something else on your mind?"[/color]