For Elise
“Langley slept straight through breakfast the next morning. Only Elise awoke at the usual time. The others had been up late, enjoying the ball.
Elise sat at the windows of the morning room, looking out over the back meadow of Tafford. She’d worked quite hard the evening before to appear as though she was happy to leave the ball. But that had been far from true. She had been nervous and a little unsure of herself, but flutters of excitement had built throughout the day before.
She had dre...amed of attending a ball since she was a child. She’d imagined herself in an elegant gown, dancing with a handsome gentleman, being an inarguable part of the gathering. Last night would have been her first taste of that long-awaited dream. And there she’d sat, gloveless, wearing her worn boots beneath a gown she’d received out of charity—well-meaning charity but charity nonetheless—and feeling like a weed among the roses.
She was every bit as lost as she’d told Miles she felt.MoreLess
Elise sat at the windows of the morning room, looking out over the back meadow of Tafford. She’d worked quite hard the evening before to appear as though she was happy to leave the ball. But that had been far from true. She had been nervous and a little unsure of herself, but flutters of excitement had built throughout the day before.
She had dre...amed of attending a ball since she was a child. She’d imagined herself in an elegant gown, dancing with a handsome gentleman, being an inarguable part of the gathering. Last night would have been her first taste of that long-awaited dream. And there she’d sat, gloveless, wearing her worn boots beneath a gown she’d received out of charity—well-meaning charity but charity nonetheless—and feeling like a weed among the roses.
She was every bit as lost as she’d told Miles she felt.MoreLess
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