[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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	Reginald produced a second cup for his nephew. Being the personal office of a bonafide Lord Major, one could be rest assured there was tea service for at least two present. His jug of breakfast tea still held reasonable temperature, hot but not piping, and while it was not a proper, delicate, porcelain teapot, it would suffice quite nicely in a pinch. Or a breakfast. Or an overland campaign. He listened intently to what Peter had to say on the matter of his Courted Lady Vera without giving comment or posing question. He just let the man speak to him as an equal. 

	Setting down his cup and pushing it away from himself, he responded with a rhetorical question. [color=b8860b]"Peter, old chap, do you remember my marriage?"[/color] Reginald wasn't speaking to him as a soldier, nor as his uncle. He had dropped pretense, giving direct words as one man of honor might give another, in a fashion as brotherly as it was direct. [color=b8860b]"My marriage, Peter, and its failure. I married a Lady who was also Proper, Lovely, and Intelligent. And we did match, quite so."[/color] He offered up no look of self-pity, only factual honesty. [color=b8860b]"It was my fault, of course, but the point was that I should never have gotten married in the first, you see. Don't get me wrong, having done so I fulfilled my duty to the Keystone line and given legitimate second tier heirs (wonderful kids besides, love the Dickens out of both of them); I do not regret it all."[/color] Ignoring the fact that he hadn't actually seen his children in quite some time, he did have feelings for them. His lack of presence had reason, but it was reason he kept to himself. 

	[color=b8860b]"I ruined my marriage, my great match, you see, because I found love. But you know this story. There is [i]so much more[/i] to it that others have only hinted at, and I have never confirmed. But do take this into consideration, Peter: Make certain that you truly have love in your heart for young Vera. Not camaraderie, not enduring childhood friendship. Rush not into marriage, dear boy. Court her. Take your time. You have all the time you need."[/color] 

	In an effort to shift conversation back to the more casual, [color=b8860b]"Oh, but trust me lad, many have noticed the Lady Munn. I'm just not sure how many, if any, she has noticed back."[/color]