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It had been an unnatural day. Not only long, but trying in every sense of the word. Marguerite managed to find an empty bench and thought it as good as any for a little rest. She had no place of her own to go to, and no doubt in her mind Percy would turn her away. After moving about to get comfortable she finally managed to lay her head on her puff of skirts. The un-abiding light, however, seemed to make dozing off for a short while an unbelievably difficult task to do. Finally able to set her fan up enough to block some light, she found herself dozing off.

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After going on further explorations, trying to figure out just why the food never ran out, Beaufort was walking through the park, notebook and pen in hand, with his tie stuffed in his inside pocket. it was too hot for suits. Bordeaux hadn't been much different.

As he walked, he saw the wonderful woman he had been talking to earlier on and was almost lost for words when he saw her sleeping on a bench. It was not uncommon at home, what with most of Paris having decamped south, but here, where resources seemed so plentiful, he was a little shocked to see a woman of such stature sleeping on a bench. He would have thought she'd have gone to find her husband, at least. He was secretly rather pleased that she hadn't, simply because his luck might be improving at last after everything that had gone so awfully wrong with Vivienne.

He approached her carefully, considering how to approach this diplomatically, then carefully put his hand on her arm, just as she let out a slightly surprising heavy breath, "Madame. Excusez-moi, madame. This is no real place for a lady to fall asleep. Do you not have anywhere to stay yet?"