I'm not sure how much use he'll be. He's...so terribly young.
[Emma's only a few years older, but her life has been unending struggle since she was 16, and Charles lacks the steel that comes from surviving tragedy. She takes rather larger a drink than might be considered strictly ladylike.]
action;
[Emma's only a few years older, but her life has been unending struggle since she was 16, and Charles lacks the steel that comes from surviving tragedy. She takes rather larger a drink than might be considered strictly ladylike.]