We need to get her off this crossing to where she will be safe. Do you want me to..." No," I said firmly, "I'll do it. You get the stick." I frowned a...t myself for I had this resolute determination to be the one to do this, "Miss, I'm going to reach under you and carry you to the pavement, okay?"She didn't say anything but twisted slightly so I could lift her up and she gave a slight grunt of pain as I held her against me with my left arm under her knees and my right supporting her upper body.. I almost swept her into my arms, so glad was I to see her again but thankfully remembered the ruse under which I was there."Mister Northam," she said holding out her hand, for I still waited at that point for the letter announcing my death to arrive. I was heir, not Lord."Miss Woodhouse. My father has spoken to me much of you," I said."I hope well," she said."All he has spoken has been said with love," I told her.She blushed a little. I was surprised to see this, since I never considered her a. One step at a time though. I couldn't rush things, so I took a couple of deep breaths and tried to divert some blood flow back to my brain.The mantra was really working, and Chani must have been feeling just fantastic. I could tell because her hands reached down to the hem of her shirt and began to work it up slowly. First, her belly button came into view and just as I got the barest glimpse of "underboob" I interrupted my daughter, "Okay Chani. Stop repeating the phrases and take a deep. "We will probably never know, though I bet Amy could find out." I could and probably will try and find out. My newspaper has given me a week off to research more into the law and then publish a story about it and my television debut." Ok, so that gives me a week to pack and try and find us a home." Together, I have a few days before I begin my research." Ok, so tomorrow we head home and decide what to do and try and find somewhere quickly and in a quiet place. There has been too much adventure.