[For two weeks, Lieutenant David Long has done little but listen to and read the strange book. He visited his sister often, having taken - on her invitation -- the rooms directly beside her own. Distance from England and the lack of certain persons, he's all too aware, has improved their relationship considerably.
Today, he makes the venture out without his sister in tow.
He dines at Seventh Heaven, picks up things at the grocery and item stores. After dropping those off at the apartment, he does the one thing Faith's company has thus far forbidden.
Dressed in his lieutenant's uniform, pressed and buttons ploished, with his braided queue freshly wrapped with black ribbon, David Long settles into a seat at Good Spirits with a bottle of wine. He's drinking alone, but there is a second glass on the table so he can invite company should he so choose.
Lt David Long - OC
Today, he makes the venture out without his sister in tow.
He dines at Seventh Heaven, picks up things at the grocery and item stores. After dropping those off at the apartment, he does the one thing Faith's company has thus far forbidden.
Dressed in his lieutenant's uniform, pressed and buttons ploished, with his braided queue freshly wrapped with black ribbon, David Long settles into a seat at Good Spirits with a bottle of wine. He's drinking alone, but there is a second glass on the table so he can invite company should he so choose.
And he's certainly looking to.]