“How she wished she would be able to see Robert now and then as a friend. She longed to hear his voice. But she knew that was not possible. There were seldom any friendships between men and women. There were such relationships in the literary world, of course, but Celia did not and would never move around writers and poets and artists. In fact, people like Lord Byron, for instance, lived lives on the fringe of society, never really belonging. Mary Shelly, for instance lived a free sort of li...fe, however much she was married to the poet Shelly. Celia took her place at the receiving line. She knew that Caroline had fought tooth and nail to exclude the Meades from the receiving line but Uncle Worth had remained steadfast His sister and her children would form part of the receiving line. Celia had overheard them, for Caroline never bothered to lower her voice. In fact, she raised it when she thought the Meades might be listening. “Margaretta is here only as our housekeeper, Papa,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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