New Sailors

"That girl… she looks very much like me!" 

At one point during the party, Lady Nanazin took the time to suddenly approach Alexander and chime this next to his ears while pointing at the young girl accompanying Lord John.

Alexander recognized her as the man's wife, 

"Hmmm? Why do you say so?" So sensing the bitterness hidden within the words, Alexander decided to engage the lady.

This was the first time she had initiated a conversation after their little row.

"She…. just feels like it. The way she is dressed… feels very similar to how I would dress." Lady Nanazin spoke in a lightly ethereal tone as if she was imagining herself being back at the palace.

Alexander could not help but give a second glance at the lady in question after this was pointed out.

And now that he looked, indeed he found the high collared, full sleeved gown seemed a bit too much.