The Peacock 1629

Jesús is nursing a mug of coffee at the kitchen table and of course he is coming with us today. No need to ask. So much for a day alone with Carl, who is serving me toast and coffee because I can see he is in a hurry to get out of here. Jesús has been up for some time already. Francois comes into the kitchen. "What are your plans" he says as he pours himself coffee. "I have to be in New West at nine to let in the painters. "Coming?" "Jason and Lazarus and I have all been invited to have breakfast with George and Jeffrey downtown. We want to talk about our time together in the mansion, before Doug was kicked out. " "Old times?" say I as Erik pops more bread in the toaster. "There are things we are all still struggling to understand so we are hoping we can work on this together..."