"As you can see, it''s a bit... how should I put it... ahem... inconvenient here," Raphael replied.

The bearded guard furrowed his brows. "Hmm. Though I strongly support Danton—damn morals! The revolution is about allowing people to freely indulge! But you guys, three? Suspicious."

Edith and Andre, pressed closely together, could feel the nervous pounding of each other''s hearts within their chests.

"What, you''re also a friend of Danton, haven''t you heard his more famous saying? In a republic, Lady Liberty belongs to everyone, and promiscuity is her virtue! Now, we just have two men here, yet you can''t bear to see it?" Raphael retorted, tilting his chin back and assuming the demeanor of a dandy, surprisingly matching his aristocratic appearance.

"Hmph, you have a cultured face, yet your words truly make one blush!" The bearded guard, surprised and embarrassed, waved his hand and signaled to the station personnel. "Fine, let them pass!"

"We''re saved." As the carriage rumbled back onto the road, Edith finally released her head from her lover''s embrace and looked down at him with a whisper filled with relief.

The joy of surviving the ordeal made the two unable to resist pressing their foreheads together, smiling as they tenderly caressed each other''s bodies, and affectionately engaged in kisses once again.

"Can''t the benefactor ask for a little deserved reward?" Raphael interjected with a playful smile.

Andre snorted, "I could see from the moment you came up with that lousy plan that you had ulterior m