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insist of you to come to tonight's little banquette given to all our friends servant of the full moon to rest after their night of labour. The only mortals invited are those for supper, so make sure your little Edward is well tucked into bed, so no harm comes to him. Now let’s rejoin your friend before he gets lost, we wouldn't want that would we?”
    They opened the door, Edward was leaning on the wall, when they stepped out of the doorway he stood back up and made his way towards them. “There you are, I was begi nning to think you forgot Me.” e xclaimed Edward.
    “We wouldn't want you to spend the night here wouldn't we Venus?” Mr. Dubois and Edward looked at Venus's face, with a pale face her forced smile rapidly faded away.
    “Edward, we sho uld go back to the hotel now!” s aid Venus in a hesitating voice.
    “But we only got here less than an hour ago; we don't even have all the information for our research yet.” he argued.
    “Yes we do it's all in that case your holding.”
    “Yes but coming all the way from England for something that could easily have been mailed is simply ridiculous.”
    “We will come back tomorrow...” Venus concluded “... till the next time Mr. Dubois.”
    Mr. Dubois replied in a snaky fashion “Indeed, till the next occasion my dear.” Venus dragged Edward out far from he r so called friend; she then came to a sudden halt.
    “Edward look at me, never come here without my company, never.” She warned him.
    “What are you talking about, it's a museum?”
    “Promise me Edward.” She said as she grew paler.
    “You look seriously worried Venus, what's the matter?”
    “Never mind, let's just leave now.”
    “Is it that man, because he surely doesn't seem like the reflection of innocence if you want my opinion?”
    “No I do not want it.”
    “Want what?”
    “Your opinion Edward … ”
    “What was he talking about; I just overheard something about tonight. ” Ignoring him Venus made her way towards the carriage at a fast paste, with Edward following her trying to have his say. “This too you probably do not wish to here, your terribly irritating.”
    After hearing this as climbing onto the carriage she turned brusquely around having her face less then foot away from Edward's, and stated in a melancholic tone “Oh really!”
    As brutally silenced was the carriage ride towards the hotel, they arrived promptly in the mid-afternoon hours slowed down by the dense traffic of the world’s jewel city. Once in their suite, exhausted by the long voyage Edward rapidly found the first armchair in view to sit down. He reached for a new paper and relaxed. Venus seeing his momentary moment of peace hurried over to hand him the content of the wooden box to occupy him, hopefully keeping him busy enough not to wonder of her absence. The sun seamed already to set faster than usual, but doesn't it always? At that note she came up with an alibi for her coming disappearance. “Edward...” she started “...I am meeting someone later at the reception, it might take some time. So don't come looking for me, you need some good merited peaceful sleep.” Making her way to her chamber she opened up one of her luggage crater and took out an exquisite black dress, enrobed by gold thread and accompanied by a daring décolleté. She harnessed a new corset and brushed her cheeks with her signature perfume, rose water. Once in the tight non breathable garment she made her escape.
    Edward hearing her chamber door open turned around for a clarification on one of the documents but to his surprise she was dressed for no simple rendezvous. Thought unseen Venus hurried out the suite and made her way down to the lobby. Edward puzzled by her overdressed fashion wondered what she might be up to and though he presumed that she might be off to one of her lovers, a highly probable possibility considering her divine beauty, he decided to follow her anyway, besides what harm is there in getting a cup of good