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Josephine followed Phillip to a junction of two corridors, a wide space provided with benches for the weary and those who waited for their cases to be heard. Katherine, Beignet, and Ezekiel were already there and Josephine wondered if Sir John had already spoken to them while she'd been occupied in the surgery and in the supply office. Phillip waved her to her friends and took off for parts unknown, Ratso following at his heels. Josephine watched them go until a turn around a corner hid them from view. Looking at her companions, Josephine saw Katherine engaged in a whispered conversation with her butler and Ezekiel standing aside to give them a modicum of privacy. Josephine crossed the space with a polite smile and when she was near enough to be heard without raising her voice intrusively, she said, "I understand congratulations are in order. Please let me tender mine for your future happiness."<br><br>
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Josephine followed Phillip to a junction of two corridors, a wide space provided with benches for the weary and those who waited for their cases to be heard. Katherine, Beignet, and Ezekiel were already there and Josephine wondered if Sir John had already spoken to them while occupied in the surgery and in the supply office. Phillip waved her to her friends and took off for parts unknown, Ratso following at his heels. Josephine watched them go until a turn around a corner hid them from view. Looking at her companions, Josephine saw Katherine engaged in a whispered conversation with her butler and Ezekiel standing aside to give them a modicum of privacy. Josephine crossed the space with a polite smile and when she was near enough to be heard without raising her voice intrusively, she said, "I understand congratulations are in order. Please let me tender mine for your future happiness."<br><br>
  
 
"I had not thought it was in the Lord's plans for me, but the idea is not unpleasing. Far from it, if I were to be completely honest with you. Lady Katherine is quite intriguing as well as beautiful. She could be both a partner and an equal." He smiled at the thought. "Not what most men would want from their marriage, but I do not deny my eccentricity."<br><br>
 
"I had not thought it was in the Lord's plans for me, but the idea is not unpleasing. Far from it, if I were to be completely honest with you. Lady Katherine is quite intriguing as well as beautiful. She could be both a partner and an equal." He smiled at the thought. "Not what most men would want from their marriage, but I do not deny my eccentricity."<br><br>
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"I am a Chartist, miss. By definition, I am too scandalous myself to find anyone else's opinions scandalous." The side of his mouth curled up slightly in the hint of a smile. "But as to the traditions of nobility, you are perhaps correct. Although those who could make that decision are the ones least interested in making it."<br><br>
 
"I am a Chartist, miss. By definition, I am too scandalous myself to find anyone else's opinions scandalous." The side of his mouth curled up slightly in the hint of a smile. "But as to the traditions of nobility, you are perhaps correct. Although those who could make that decision are the ones least interested in making it."<br><br>
  
“But of course, sir. It is in their best interest to maintain the status quo.” Josephine glanced left and right, ascertaining they were unobserved.  She lowered her voice, aware that sound carried in the cold stone corridors, a quality perhaps of deliberate design. “Until they can be convinced of a better alternative, they’d be fools to destroy the power structure that supports them. No tyranny willingly gives up its power, sir.  History argues against it.”<br><br>
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“But of course, sir. It is in their best interest to maintain the status quo.” Josephine glanced left and right, ascertaining they were unobserved.  She lowered her voice, aware that voices carried in the cold stone corridors, a quality perhaps of deliberate design. “Until they can be convinced of a better alternative, they’d be fools to destroy the power structure that supports them. No tyranny willingly gives up its power, sir.  History argues against it.”<br><br>
  
 
Ezekiel nodded at her statement. The young woman's views matched his own in this matter and she seemed well educated. "But perhaps I am speaking out of turn to talk about people who are not here to defend their position."<br><br>
 
Ezekiel nodded at her statement. The young woman's views matched his own in this matter and she seemed well educated. "But perhaps I am speaking out of turn to talk about people who are not here to defend their position."<br><br>

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