In the Arms of An Earl
“The wedding ceremony had been so brief she could hardly believe it had happened. Certain moments were indelibly marked in her mind. Frederick slipping the extravagant ring onto her finger. The rector’s droning voice when he pronounced them man and wife. She stumbled into Frederick’s arms when he’d unexpectedly embraced her, his lips warm and loving on hers.
“Mrs. Blakeney,” he’d murmured. She clung to him, reluctant to part with him even to kiss her mother, whose loud sobs rang through the chap...el eaves.
“Lady Falconbury! Oh, Jane, child, come and kiss your mamma!” Jane spun like a top down the aisle from her family to their close friends, Lord Simpson and his wife, and lastly, to her sisters, who were either laughing or crying; she couldn’t tell which.
Now, sitting at her parents’ table, she couldn’t eat the succulent lobster or fruit compote in front of her. Every passing second brought her closer to the inevitability of their departure. Frederick ate heartily, his face animated as he conversed with Mr.MoreLess
“Mrs. Blakeney,” he’d murmured. She clung to him, reluctant to part with him even to kiss her mother, whose loud sobs rang through the chap...el eaves.
“Lady Falconbury! Oh, Jane, child, come and kiss your mamma!” Jane spun like a top down the aisle from her family to their close friends, Lord Simpson and his wife, and lastly, to her sisters, who were either laughing or crying; she couldn’t tell which.
Now, sitting at her parents’ table, she couldn’t eat the succulent lobster or fruit compote in front of her. Every passing second brought her closer to the inevitability of their departure. Frederick ate heartily, his face animated as he conversed with Mr.MoreLess
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