Valentine, who has been sitting at his usual table, abset-mindedly sucking on the end of his pencil, when he's not sketching on a scrap of paper, finally sighs, folds the paper into quarters, and crosses the room. He deposits the paper on the surface of the bar.
"Lady Bar, if you could find something as close to these as possible, I should be most grateful."
There is a long pause, and then a smallish bundle appears on the warm wood, and Valentine's positive balance is decreased by a goodly amount. Not a particularly significant amount, given the extent of his ill-gotten wealth, but still no small change. He opens the bundle, nods, smiling, requests blue and green velvet, then makes his way back to his table.
Pehaps fifteen minutes later, he returns, a small neat package in each hand. Each has a note tucked into the folds of fabric, neatly written out in his somewhat stylised hand.
( Josiane )
( Delia )He nods, pleased with himself, and returns to his table, where he sits contemplating his decanter. Does he want a drink, or not?