”The sheriff’s speech was just like the rest of him, gruff and blunt. I shrugged my shoulders and smiled slightly.“Who knows better the need to ...rotect yourself than a man who sees mostly people who broke the law? Besides, I’m not exactly setting the world on fire as a lawyer, so I am working for Mister Smythe until I get established.”The sheriff actually smiled at my explanation.“I never thought of it quite that way,” he said thoughtfully. “Anyway, your desperado is in cell three. He’s a mean. "Charlie hated confrontation. He would go out of his way to avoid it but he knew he couldn't avoid a confrontation with Diane. He was convinced that she was responsible for the fake policeman that had threatened Karen but he had to be certain and the only way was to go around to see her.One look at the expression on her face when she opened the door was enough. She was guilty. It might as well have been tattooed across her forehead."Why?" he asked, his voice trembling with barely suppressed. Something to take his mind off things. And he knew just the one. He found her working with the others of his Household. "Lady Roslin, wasn't it?" He called to the brown haired and pretty girl who served him wine in the evenings. She looked up from her work, dark eyes. "Y..yes my Lord." She murmured. Jon smiled a friendly smile, putting her at ease. "Would you mind coming with me, there's something I'd like you to do for me." He said in an upbeat manner as Roslin nodded. She cleaned her hands of. “I don’t live in Virginia because my home province doesn’t want me to.” “Why’s that?” “You really don’t know, do you? I’m a believer in American Independence. Like many people in British North America, I’m not satisfied with home rule and representative government. I want full self-determination. Independence from the British yoke.” Rose-Marie was very puzzled. She really had no notion what Nicholas was getting at. “Do you want Virginia to leave the British Empire? Perhaps join the French.