I Would Adventure: Part Two

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"What fates impose, that men must needs abide."

September 2nd

The night had been unbearably quiet.

I Would Adventure: Part One

"All days are nights to see till I see thee."

September 1st

Georgiana felt a sense of relief as she stepped outside. No-one in the world had a more comfortable hiding spot than her mother, surely. The warm, comfortable rooms belied the stony exterior. The Fae couple who would adopt the baby had sent a hard-working staff to look after the ladies. The foreign servants occasionally ruffled Lady Constance's feathers, but everyone was grateful for them.

Show a Fair Presence and Put Off These Frowns

"Things are often spoke and seldom meant"

April 4, 1518

A chilly spring night took the edge off of the crush at Darcy House. Lady Anne had invited all of Verona into her home to celebrate her son's birthday, and few had turned down the opportunity to sample her generous hospitality. However little the honoree wished for such a celebration was not a consideration. 

Notably absent from the crowd was Fitzwilliam's sister, Georgiana. Lady Anne had decreed earlier that her daughter did not look sufficiently recovered from her recent cold, and Georgiana, though perfectly healthy, was grateful to be spared the mortification of attending such a large party. Kindly, she suggested to her brother that he could use the pretense of checking up on her if he felt overwhelmed. About halfway through the evening, just as the guests had been hearded to the tables for supper, he decided to take his sister's suggestion.

Prologue, Part III: This Same Wayward Girl is So Reclaimed

"Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd, doth burn the heart to cinders where it is."

1510

"Your ladyship, Father John is come." 

The gray-haired lady dismissed the housekeeper. She did not yet trust her staff. It had only been six months since her son had forced her out of his home, but her dislike of her daughter-in-law made her happy to retire to house given as part of her dowry. With time and care, the once-neglected manor house was becoming a very comfortable home. She welcomed the priest into her parlor, her favorite room. "What brings you here today, father?"

Prologue, Part II: Star-Crossed Lovers

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"I would my father look'd but with my eyes."

1495

"I would rather be disowned by my father than have you dishonor yours. I will ask him."

That he had told his lady, his most beloved of all people, when the ecstacy of their engagement quieted in the corner of a ballroom. He had more courage then, full of youthful hopes and too much wine. Just a few days later, George Darcy wondered who that bold fool was that had proposed to his Anne. The man standing before Anne's father, Lord Fitzwilliam, was neither bold nor hopeful, but he could not be silent.

"Sir, I am here to beg your permission to marry your daughter, Anne."