Banjo started wrapping the Matrix again, breaking its thrall.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Annie saw herself with her mother who...was helping her transition,telling her there was something important she needed to tell her. Thencoming home to find her gone. The apartment broken and destroyed, deepgouges in the walls as if they'd been clawed up by some beast. Then asshe searched for any trace of what had happened, she found a neighborwho had gotten a picture of Government. Shall you travel by carriage sir, or would you prefer to ride?" I think a better impression is created when arriving by carriage." You will require me as coachman?" Yes, and as my strong right hand."He perceived my bad temper had abated, and made a droll reply. "As long as you don't expect me to use my strong right hand to grasp a sword."I followed up his quip with one of my own. "Then you shall be my strong left hand." We both laughed, while the girls regarded us in bewilderment.Chloe acted as. This got me to thinking of how it was that de La Zouche had suddenly reappeared, after so long an absence.As if reading my thoughts Krish started speaking. "We had a note, sent from the Royal Netherlands Embassy, asking us to be on the lookout for de La Zouche, only a few days before he broke into your house." Why were the Cloggies on the lookout for him?"Krish explained that the reason de La Zouche had not been seen at the French Cock, after Woody and I had encountered him at the Château. “Life isn’t easy,” I said. “You should know that from raising a daughter on your own. In fact, you’re facing one of those challenges right now.”She nodded, “It scares me because I see so much of me in her.”“Well of course you do! You raised her. She won’t be exactly like you, but you’ve had a lot of influence on her.”“I just don’t want her to make the same mistakes I did.”“Are the two situations similar? You said that your parents didn’t love you so you found someone who said they did. I don’t.