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Memories

Albert didn't even know why he was so interested in looking for this Colin. If he had understood correctly, between Colin and Penelope maybe there had been something romantic. Penelope hadn't mentioned anything to him, even though she knew there was no intimacy between them yet to talk about past lives. She knew that she was a shy and respectful girl certainly she hadn't had close encounters with other men, she suspected that the first to have kissed was him, and this made him proud. Penelope's kisses tasted of sweet honey and although they exchanged intense kisses from time to time, Penelope didn't expose herself more. She still hadn't figured out if he really liked her or that Colin still fueled her dreams. Maybe that was why she wanted to find him, she wanted to understand if he could expect Penelope in her life or not.
But she didn't know where to look anymore...
She arrived last in a lazaret, there was one in every port, some long-distance sailors fell ill and kept them in quarantine until they were sure they weren't carriers of some exotic disease.
He came in and was hit by a disgusting stench and had to hold his nose with his handkerchief. He approached a lady who was washing a man.
"Excuse me who can I talk to to find out if you have an acquaintance of mine here?"
"Over there," the woman said without looking up from her work.
Albert arrived in front of 2 men dressed in bloodstained scrubs.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for a young tall Englishman by the name of Colin Bridgerton. Maybe he's taken ill. Do you know of anyone who matches?"
"We have no names, only numbers and the majority are foreigners not English, sorry"
Albert sighed and was about to leave when a girl, with not too clean hands, stopped him.
"Sir, are you looking for an Englishman?"
"Do you know if he is here?"
"I offered him my services but he didn't want me, he had gone to the pier and now I found him here ... actually I heard him mumbling over there but he keeps falling back asleep ... he took a great nice hit on the head"
Albert gave 2 coins to the girl who looked at them widening her eyes.
"Do you need anything else?"
"Thanks no." Albert went to the bed indicated by the girl and I found a young man there, a handsome man and very similar to the 2 men he was traveling with, it could only be Colin.
One of the two doctors arrived.
"What are you doing here?"
"You said there was no English here"
"No I said there wasn't any sick English, he's not sick he was attacked.."
"Prepare him, we'll take him away ... I'm going to look for his brothers at the port"
"In theory it would be better not to move him ... he took a bad blow to the head"
"We have excellent doctors in London," Anthony said as they entered with Benedict and Simon.
"The girl saw us and she knew we were with you. Please prepare it."
"As you wish"
After about an hour, after completing all the formalities, Colin was clean and ready on the boat bound for London, to his home, to his family.

Everyone was at the Bridgerton house when they arrived, including Lady Danbury, who had heard from Eloise of Colin's disappearance. Everyone was happy to see Colin but equally concerned by the young man's pale face. Albert had to support a rather distraught Penelope. Once she recovered she wanted to be taken home.
"Excuse me, Lady Featherington, don't you want to stay at your friend's side until you recover?" Albert said.
"She needs her family, not a childhood friend to recover. But if she wants to stay I can go home alone" said Penelope firmly
"Penelope please stay…Colin would like to see you too…if he wakes up….you are part of my family." Anthony said.
"As you want but I need to freshen up a bit"
"Eloise Takes Penelope to the Guest Room So She Gets Some Rest"
Albert observed Penelope that she was on the verge of hysterics ... she felt a surge of compassion and tenderness that he hadn't expected ... he was growing fond of that girl and at this moment it wasn't the case. Not until he understood how he felt about this Colin.

"You feel good, do you want me to postpone with you for a while?" Eloise said to Penelope.
"No, I'll freshen up a bit and I'll be right down"
"Okay, Albert seemed very worried about you, do you want me to make him come and spend some time with you together with Hyacinth?"
"No, he'd rather be quiet a bit"
"Later then"
As soon as she closed the door, Penelope collapsed to the floor and picked up a pillow from the sofa next to her to choke back the sobs and tears she couldn't hold back anymore.
Seeing Colin like that had crushed all the anger, bitterness and pain she had made him feel. She just hoped she would recover soon. Seeing her anguish in the eyes of her family was shocking to Penelope.
She would come down shortly, as soon as she recovered, she would wait to find out how she was and then she would return to her life, with Albert.
After about half an hour Penelope went downstairs and at the same time the doctor came out of Colin's room.
Everyone crowded around him.
"Calm down, the boy has a strong temper and a pretty hard head"
"I always said so." Eloise said to ease the tension, and she made everyone smile.
"Now he has regained consciousness, he is not yet 100% lucid but if you want you can see him"
Everyone wanted to go in together and the doctor exceptionally let them in.
"Just a few minutes.."
Everyone entered as well as Albert and Penelope.
"Ohh son, my love, how worried you've got us," Violet said as she walked over to Colin.
Colin looked at everyone with almost shocked eyes...
"Excuse me... Excuse me but who are you?"