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August 31 - September 12, 2024
April 1857
vee
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mingle.”
That sounds like such a modern word to my ear, but it’s c. 1600s.
She can’t even imagine how claustrophobic it will feel once the band starts and the three hundred assembled begin to dance.
Yikes!
If her uncle, currently managing their affairs until James can inherit, is any barometer, they won’t get a speck of her father’s holdings. Just like he wanted.
he? Uncle or dad?
“This is my fourth,” Gwen says, meeting her eyes with a brash grin that’s cracking at the edges. “I think if I make it to next season without a husband, I get a medal.”
She doesn’t miss him. But she’s still sad.
She’s the perfect partner in crime. Sharp, witty, wily, and funny as hell—Gwen’s never had so much fun with someone.
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"Fashionable society"
“He wasn’t in line to inherit and didn’t have the security of a title that Father wanted for my future,” Mother says, staring off at the boats herself. “But we had fun for a while.”
Mother steps in, saving the poor boy. Beth’s just dizzied by how many social engagements she’s now required to attend for getting hit in the back.
“Your father wasn’t the heir to this title,”
“Oh, I hope it’s not a morality play,” Mother says. “Dreadfully dull.” “Sometimes they’re fun,” Beth argues. “If there’s enough that’s exciting before the moralizing kicks in.”
And then her lips crash onto Beth’s. Beth gasps against her mouth, frozen in shock. Her mind goes totally blank. Gwen, kissing, wine, jealous—oh. Oh.
♥️♥️♥️♥️
Slightly slimy but pleasant all at once,
No slime for me, thanks.
It’s heady and splendorous and the longer they kiss the better it gets, like they’re both learning and advancing and chasing the same inexorable pleasure.
She should take her happinesses as she can, for she knows they’ll be forever fleeting. But at least she’ll have them.
Even Lord Montson’s friends were lamenting its imminent passage, like the act isn’t there to protect women from monsters and marital brutes. How must they treat their fiancées behind closed doors if they’re so worried they’ll be able to convince a court of abuse?
“Good luck, Harry,”
Probably been beaten by his dad since he was little. :/
