“What times do the buses run?” “Every hour,” the driver smiled, “off to see the castle are we?”“Yes, I love old castles.”“Aye, there...��s a lot of history round here,” he ran a hand through his long dark hair, “a lot of folk can’t seem to make it out here, they prefer Stirling but Doune is an original, they filmed Monty Python’s Holy Grail at Doune.”“I remember that movie,” she beamed as she finally translated his dialect, “there was a castle in it, the French one.”“Aye, well it was filmed at. Mattie was excited to see such a typically ‘New York’ scene and she practically bounced to the one at the front of the queue, dragging an increasingly amused Simon behind her. He grinned, feeling rather lucky, “Dammit, this girl is so much fun, her enthusiasm is contagious.” He realised that he felt young, when she was around. The driver opened the boot, trunk, they put their luggage in and then got into the cab. Simon gave the name of the hotel and asked if they might see some of the city en. " She gestured with her hands. Unfortunately, she still held the coffee cup, which sloshed. Lara quickly moved her toast out of harms way."That accent, those manners. Like the queen or something." Well I'm not the queen. I used to be a Lord's daughter, but he disowned me."Flo was shocked. "Disowned you? What the hell for?" Being armed like Rambo, muscled like Miss Universe and acting like Indiana Jones." Lara said with a straight face. "He felt it wasn't a proper way for a lady to act." No. "I nodded and started moving and it was not even three steps before a soldier leaned out and lifted a rifle. My reaction saved my life as I pointed the pistol and fired several times. I knelt and aimed as the enemy soldier fell screaming. Another leaped out and I shifted and shot him twice in the chest.I moved forward as Edwards yelled, "you okay kid?"I nodded and swallowed, "I ... two men are down!"I searched both and set the carbines they were using aside. I peeked into the tunnel they had.