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[mrharmony]

Mr. Harmony fondly regards the front room of the Mansion; although he has only just arrived, he has every confidence that he and the master of the house shall be excellent friends shortly, and he wants only a friendly introduction to make it so. In the meantime, he is cataloguing the furniture, the draperies, the pattern of the floor, to slip in a

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[sissy_queen]

Should Mr. Harmony want to speak to someone a little less callous, Guinevere is embroidering at the window, singing a lay softly to herself.

[sissy_queen]

"Why yes, good sir. The Court of Camelot."

[mrharmony]

"Ah," he answers--but there are loads of clubs in his era with hilarious names, and honestly, 'The Court of Camelot' is fairly tame as those go (and of course there would be a woman named Guinevere). "Then I am very glad that they found you, if their presence gives you any comfort in your husband's absence."

[sissy_queen]

"Not quite, good sir. I barely ever see them, truth be."

[mrharmony]

"My dear lady! Have you no friends to comfort you in your need?"

[sissy_queen]

"I've a lady in waiting, who is my closest friend, and the children I mentionned," she replies quietly. She blushes again, because of Sebastian, whom she cannot disclose.

[mrharmony]

But he doesn't pry at that; instead he says, gently, "I would be glad to make introductions for you, once I have made my own acquaintances here. At times even a charming woman can have difficulties in finding a bosom companion. Perhaps she has some trifling fault, or perhaps others are envious of her sweetness--or perhaps there has been a grave misunderstanding, which wants only a mediator's touch."

[sissy_queen]

She looks at him, eyes almost filling with tears of gratitude. "Why be so kind, good sir, when you've barely knowledge of such a stranger as I?"

[mrharmony]

"In all the world," he says, "My only, dearest wish is that all good people should regard one another with the love due them."

[sissy_queen]

"What a lovely wish," Guinevere replies, completely enthused. "Oh, truly, your heart is good," she replies earnest. "But I've not even your name, sir..."

[mrharmony]

"How remiss of me! I had thought--but no, I've simply left you without anything at all to call me. My name is Mr. Harmony."

[sissy_queen]

"T'is no matter, Master Harmony. What a lovely name you have! Are you a musician, then?"

[mrharmony]

"Not at all, madam, although I do play a fair few songs when the occasion calls for it. My business is the harmony between fellow men, or between men and women, and I brook no discord."

[sissy_queen]

"What a so very lovely business to be in, Mr. Harmony," she replies with a grin. "And how do you go about dealing it?"