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Marcus walked to the settee and adjusted his coat before sitting.
A gentleman never sat while the lady was standing unless given explicit permission by the lady present.
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“It looks like a damned florist shop!”
A century too early, florist shops didn’t start/open in London until 1870’s not the 1780’s. In 1780’s flowers were sold by street hawkers walking the streets, and on market stalls, but only what was in season for the time.
musicale,
Marcus tucked her hand around his arm and led her out to the foyer, deliberately falling behind.
Doors were large and wide...
“If you would be so kind, love.”
This as a friendly form of endearment is a term used by lower working classes.
Middle classes and upper, including aristocracy would use the determiner claiming it belongs to them...my love or my dear, my dearest
sweater
Sweaters, jumpers, jerseys hadn’t been invented in Regency times. Earliest known similar was the ‘gansey’ or guernsey a knitted garment worn by fisherman for around past 400 years.
while Marcus took off his boots and began to polish them.
Marcus, as gentry would never have polished his own boots...ever. Valet to boot boys did this.
He bridled one of his carriage bays and led the gelding out of the stall.
Again, highly unlikely that gentry would know how to, let alone do this, at this time in history. There’s coachmen to stablemen and boys always on the premises who would ready the desired horse for riding...and carriage bays pulled carriages, they had different horses bred for riding.
Marcus set to the task of grooming his horses. As
Gentry groom his own horse...laughable.
“That was cruel.” She sniffled.
Or... “That was cruel,” she sniffled.
“Are you daft?”
Meaning, simple or wanting in intelligence wasn’t common until l800’s and then it was an insult used by the working classes. Wouldn’t be a term used by Regency gentry or aristocracy.
Elizabeth was already in the bride’s ready room
Our GB churches didn’t have such places. There’s a vestry, where one might wait, but usually, bride arrives in carriage or on foot, enters church and goes straight to the altar to the groom and vicar awaiting them.
Tapers gently lit alcoves located along the walls on
Candles is most commonly used term.
