Lord Henry and Serena spent the morning together talking about their feelings and recent events, "I think it is best that you keep your distance from me for at least a few day's so I can think" said Lord Henry. "Yes of course sir..." Said Serena with a look of sadness on her face, nevertheless she had understood him and then left the room and went back to her duties.
Lord Henry sat there beside the fireplace in silence and began to think to himself, "Serena did not have to drug me to make me feel better after I lost my wife but she made some good points" thought Lord Henry. Meanwhile in the kitchen, Serena was mopping the floor whilst she hummed her favourite song and thought about recent events, "I wonder if he feels anything for me..." Thought Serena.
She continued to clean the floor whilst thinking about that night they had spent together outside amongst the fog, "maybe I should have comforted him in a different way..." She thought.
December 25th, Christmas Day, 19:26 pm...
Serena had the day off and Lord Henry was at a friend's house in the village for dinner, Serena was alone in the private house sitting beside the fireplace drinking some tea and eating some sweets. This was not the first time that she had spent the holidays alone since her sister Selena died three years earlier, her sister had been involved in a accident at sea while on holiday.
The ship had been caught in a storm on the journey home and Selena had fallen overboard and drowned in the dark cold depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Serena's friend Nicolette had been the one to inform her of her of the accident and of her sister's death, Serena had not seen Nicolette since then and they had become estranged.
Serena sat there in silence and remembered her sister whilst she stared into the burning hot flame's in the fireplace and drank her tea. Meanwhile at in the village, Lord Henry was sitting at a table beside his friend's Harry and Emma Devereux as he ate some roast turkey and vegetables and drank a little rum, "I am glad you accepted our invitation Lord Henry" said Emma.
"Yes, we have not seen you for some time my friend, how have you been doing?" Asked Harry, "things have been alright, sometimes good and sometimes bad but I am doing well thank you Harry" said Lord Henry. "I hear you have a new maid, how is he fitting in?" Asked Emma, "oh Serena has fit in well, she is very good at her job" said Lord Henry, "excellent to hear!" Said Harry as Lord Henry became a little quiet and stared through the window.
"Is everything alright Lord Henry?" Asked Emma, "yes I am quite alright Emma, thank you, I should get going soon" said Lord Henry. "Oh you cannot go until we have had dessert!" Said Harry as their daughter Emilia entered the room with a large cake, the cake was filled with pieces of apple, raisins and dusted in a thin layer of icing sugar, "that is the biggest cake I have ever seen!" Said Lord Henry as he picked up a spoon.
Twenty minutes later Lord Henry leaned back in the chair a little, his stomach full of the delicious food he had eaten and finished the last sip of rum. "Well I must head back home to the manor my friend's" said Lord Henry, a short time later Lord Henry left Harry and Emma Devereux's house and walked back home, he walked through the dark alleys and across the fields as the moonlight shone down upon him.
Then suddenly he had a feeling that he was not alone, "I have you now..." Said a familiar voice, Lord Henry slowly turned around and there standing in front of him was Doctor Tremas. "How the!?... I thought you had died in the frozen lake said Lord Henry with a look of shock on his face.
To be continued in Act 16
Lord Henry sat there beside the fireplace in silence and began to think to himself, "Serena did not have to drug me to make me feel better after I lost my wife but she made some good points" thought Lord Henry. Meanwhile in the kitchen, Serena was mopping the floor whilst she hummed her favourite song and thought about recent events, "I wonder if he feels anything for me..." Thought Serena.
She continued to clean the floor whilst thinking about that night they had spent together outside amongst the fog, "maybe I should have comforted him in a different way..." She thought.
December 25th, Christmas Day, 19:26 pm...
Serena had the day off and Lord Henry was at a friend's house in the village for dinner, Serena was alone in the private house sitting beside the fireplace drinking some tea and eating some sweets. This was not the first time that she had spent the holidays alone since her sister Selena died three years earlier, her sister had been involved in a accident at sea while on holiday.
The ship had been caught in a storm on the journey home and Selena had fallen overboard and drowned in the dark cold depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Serena's friend Nicolette had been the one to inform her of her of the accident and of her sister's death, Serena had not seen Nicolette since then and they had become estranged.
Serena sat there in silence and remembered her sister whilst she stared into the burning hot flame's in the fireplace and drank her tea. Meanwhile at in the village, Lord Henry was sitting at a table beside his friend's Harry and Emma Devereux as he ate some roast turkey and vegetables and drank a little rum, "I am glad you accepted our invitation Lord Henry" said Emma.
"Yes, we have not seen you for some time my friend, how have you been doing?" Asked Harry, "things have been alright, sometimes good and sometimes bad but I am doing well thank you Harry" said Lord Henry. "I hear you have a new maid, how is he fitting in?" Asked Emma, "oh Serena has fit in well, she is very good at her job" said Lord Henry, "excellent to hear!" Said Harry as Lord Henry became a little quiet and stared through the window.
"Is everything alright Lord Henry?" Asked Emma, "yes I am quite alright Emma, thank you, I should get going soon" said Lord Henry. "Oh you cannot go until we have had dessert!" Said Harry as their daughter Emilia entered the room with a large cake, the cake was filled with pieces of apple, raisins and dusted in a thin layer of icing sugar, "that is the biggest cake I have ever seen!" Said Lord Henry as he picked up a spoon.
Twenty minutes later Lord Henry leaned back in the chair a little, his stomach full of the delicious food he had eaten and finished the last sip of rum. "Well I must head back home to the manor my friend's" said Lord Henry, a short time later Lord Henry left Harry and Emma Devereux's house and walked back home, he walked through the dark alleys and across the fields as the moonlight shone down upon him.
Then suddenly he had a feeling that he was not alone, "I have you now..." Said a familiar voice, Lord Henry slowly turned around and there standing in front of him was Doctor Tremas. "How the!?... I thought you had died in the frozen lake said Lord Henry with a look of shock on his face.
To be continued in Act 16
