As luck would have it, Pierre DOES make his way there -- but not unescorted. Withing a half hour or so of Pierre's final communication with Boots, he appears, looking quite taken with everything around him EXCEPT the people, being guided by the arm of a tall, dark-haired fellow. Ambling along in their wake, an individual who looks as if he and Boots might have come from the same womb is giving dirty looks to passers-by, who notice his jet-black animal eyes and scurry off without comment.
"I say!" Carrick calls to Boots when he spots her. "You must be the little newcomer."