[hr][hr][center][h1][i][b][color=b8860b]Reginald Keystone[/color][/b][/i][/h1] [img]http://33.media.tumblr.com/76ca11af5771405a055ca9291e9e4b2b/tumblr_nvhilyU39J1qcxymno4_500.gif[/img][/center] [hr][center][color=b8860b][b]Location:[/b][/color] Qasr El Nil Barracks [/center][hr][hr] [hider=Qasr El Nil Barracks] [center][img]http://www.g7smy.co.uk/war/02/barracks.jpg[/img][/center] [sub][/sub] [/hider] [color=b8860b]"That is particularly generous, Peter."[/color] said Reginald, squaring his attention with his recently returned nephew. [color=b8860b]"I daresay your father might have differing opinion of your choice of investment, considering as you have given me a "carte blanche" statement."[/color] There was the slightest hint of positivity sprung across the old man's features, to be quickly absorbed by graver considerations. [color=b8860b]"If it please you, nephew, and I would take it as a considerable favor were you to not find insult in my next statement; but if it would please you, I wish to minimize your personal expense in this endeavor."[/color] The offer was very generous and the Lord Major was glad to hear it, but he had reservations, much of which revolved around Peter maintaining his familial standing and fortune. [color=b8860b]"Should funds come wanting from usual channels, I will write down a modest number - the most modest one that still covers expenses. Sans personals, of course. But I will call upon your assistance in this regard [i]last[/i]. Such ventures often have unexpected expenses that can jeopardize the best of planning, you see, and I would want the bulk of your generosity available for times such as those, unless otherwise necessary."[/color] Hopefully with both his and Peter's honor intact, a sometimes difficult thing when discussing matters of personal finance, Reginald moved on to his nephew's next, and probably more important point. [color=b8860b]"Yet concerning Vera, wholeheartedly, sir! Even for an old chauvinist like myself. This would be the instance, and she would be the woman from whom I accept my orders, of course. Naturally, excepting that we get another one wearing the Crown. Goes without saying, quite."[/color]