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“Hurry along, then,” I said, grabbing my orchid and securing it safely in my journal. “I want to sit by the window.” “Hmm.” “What now?” I asked, losing patience. “I usually sit by the window. You may have to sit in my lap.”
was determined to be both pretty and fierce, as Mother had said I could be. Just because I was interested in a man’s job didn’t mean I had to give up being girly. Who defined those roles anyhow?
“Let’s have some wine and dance inappropriately. You’ve already dressed the part for me—let’s take advantage.”
my dove?”
“Wield your assets like a blade, Cousin. No man has invented a corset for our brains. Let them think they rule the world. It’s a queen who sits on that throne. Never forget that. There’s no reason you can’t wear a simple frock to work, then don the finest gown and dance the night away. But only if it pleases you.”
I was a young girl growing up in a world run by old men. I’d pick and choose my battles wisely.
I’d like to remind each man who held such poor opinions of a woman that their beloved mothers were, in fact, women.
I didn’t see any men running about, birthing the world’s population then going on to make supper and tend to the house. Most of them buckled to their knees when the slightest sniffle attacked them.
Every male in my life felt it necessary to put chains on me, and I despised it.
“Those who deserve respect are given it freely. If one must demand such a thing, he’ll never truly command it. I am your daughter, not your horse, sir.”
People were always providing in death what they would not do in life, it seemed.
“She said Jack was there that day as well. That he’d seen you.”
“He got close to you… even spoke with you. You were angry with him…”
Seeing the truth was never easy, especially when it revealed those closest to us could be monsters hidden in plain sight.
Its defo her brother predictibg it now
Or must we share a bed to prove my innocence? Actually… that might not be a terrible idea.”
“No one in their right mind will think me an East End resident looking as wonderful as I do. I may even don a wig.”
“You must know what you mean to me? Surely you must know how I feel about you, Audrey Rose. The thought of losing you…”
I’m not sure which of us moved first, but suddenly my hands were cradling his face and our lips were crashing together, propriety and polite society be damned.
“Get on with it, boy. Make yourself useful and stop staring at my niece like that.”
especially when I inform him I’m madly in love with his daughter.”
could always have a word with your father. I’m not surprised he fancies me. I am rather hard to resist.”
Thomas had admitted his love for me, but as with many things lately, I was unsure it was real. Perhaps he only felt beholden to me out of pity in the wake of all that happened.
If Thomas left me friendless at school, I’d sink into an abyss so deep I feared I’d never resurface.
but his flirtations kept me afloat in a sea of conflicting feelings.
“You’ve truly possessed me. Next thing I’ll be penning sonnets and making doe-eyes.”
