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Edward sat on his study chair for what seemed like hours as he rubbed his aching head. He had been thinking too much now and it was beginning to affect him. He just couldn't take it anymore. He had to call in the doctor.

He looked to his side and saw a stick of cigar on his study table. He had stopped smoking before he went to war as he was becoming addicted to it and didn't want it to affect his marriage when he got married. But now, it looked like heaven to him.

He stretched his hands towards the cigar but immediately pulled it back after he heard his room door slowly creak open. He held his hand on his hat that he had placed on the study table earlier and was about putting it on when he noticed that the stature of the person that had walked in was slimer and more talker than Her Grace's.

"Brown?" Edward asked and he was replied with a small grunt. He sighed and withdrew his hands from his hat after he confirmed that it was him. "What are you doing in here?"

"The room is already dar