Gilded: the St. Croix Chronicles
“Croix Chronicles Chapter Eighteen The next three days turned into a blur I couldn’t remember even if I wanted to. Soiree after soiree, luncheons in pretty rooms with faux picnic atmosphere, teas and of course, the fittings. They all stacked atop one another, obligation after obligation.
On the sixth of October, one of the better known gossip rags caught wind of the marriage dance vainly enacted by Earl Compton. The impertinent paper printed the details—many made up, near as I could ascertain—a...nd was then mirrored by other newspapers in town, resulting in even more cards. Letters of interest, sycophants who smelled fresh blood and were eager to be the Judas goat to my would-be titled lamb.
Maybe some were well-meaning. Some perhaps genuinely cared to meet the woman who had cracked the earl’s shell, or so the papers claimed—after all, he’d resisted the trap of matrimony for so long.
I couldn’t even begin to guess. All I knew was that time passed in a series of small productions—events where I playacted the part of a Society miss, smiled and curtsied and did everything in my power to avoid the topic of marriage until I could return home.MoreLess
On the sixth of October, one of the better known gossip rags caught wind of the marriage dance vainly enacted by Earl Compton. The impertinent paper printed the details—many made up, near as I could ascertain—a...nd was then mirrored by other newspapers in town, resulting in even more cards. Letters of interest, sycophants who smelled fresh blood and were eager to be the Judas goat to my would-be titled lamb.
Maybe some were well-meaning. Some perhaps genuinely cared to meet the woman who had cracked the earl’s shell, or so the papers claimed—after all, he’d resisted the trap of matrimony for so long.
I couldn’t even begin to guess. All I knew was that time passed in a series of small productions—events where I playacted the part of a Society miss, smiled and curtsied and did everything in my power to avoid the topic of marriage until I could return home.MoreLess
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