I’m leaving the trail wagon with Pedro to keep an eye on it and the spare animals with three of the ladies and two of the dogs as support.Depositing...DesperadoesWe take the lead wagon with Alice driving and Jesus in the shotgun seat, they’ve four shotguns and rifles with them as well as two pistols each. The leather worker is making everyone a four gun shoulder and hip holster outfit, Steve and I are the only ones done so far. Jesus has all of his men armed with two pistols and a rifle each so. It was bringing honor to my father that made me strive for glory in the Knighthood. I would stop at nothing to become a great man that would make him proud.” “He was proud,” Silmaria said softly, not even realizing what she was saying or why, only she could hear the wistful tone in his voice. It was a brief glimpse inside a closed, guarded man, and she felt an instant kinship with those feelings toward his father. “He said you’d grown into a good man. He said you made him proud, many times.. She didn't know why she was thinking about him at such a critical moment because unless she was able to squat down somewhere, anywhere, she was going to get her legs and the seat and possibly even professor Hardcastle covered in her urine. She was mortified to even consider the shame of such a degrading experience."That must terrible for you, my dear. We men are able to hold it a lot longer or let it go into a cup or a bottle. I have a thermos here that is quite empty. Do you think you can. Fetch me pen and paper immediately!"Several paces away, Ann watched the exchange, chilled by how well Burtemulated her turn of phrase with the servants. Burt had guessedaccurately how uncomfortable she felt standing now in front of herstaff, flat cap clutched at her waist, head lowered. It seemed theproper thing to do and so she was doing it but it annoyed her. Whyshould she have to pretend to be an idiot stable hand? She was the ladyof the manor!Just not at the moment...Which was why she had.