Lady Whistledown Strikes Back
“But is it Miss Birling who is doing the resisting, or the young lady’s parents?
Given Lord Matson’s fine form and figure, one can only imagine that it is the elder Birlings who are proving to be anti-romantical. Miss Birling is made of stern stuff, to be sure, but surely not that stern.
LADY WHISTLEDOWN’S SOCIETY PAPERS, 14 JUNE 1816 “I thought we had an agreement.” Charlotte paced back and forth in front of her mother’s writing desk. “Lord Matson was supposed to be allowed to call on me.”
“Charlotte,” Lady Birling replied, setting aside her pen, “he has been allowed to do so.”
“Then why haven’t I seen him?”
“Lord Matson is obviously a man with many business and social obligations. I told you that we doubted the depth of his commitment to you. And better to discover that now, before the gossips can make it look as though he led you on and then tired of you.”
<> That thought had occurred to her from time to time, especially at night, alone in her bed, but in the daylight her pencha...nt for reality thankfully won out.MoreLess
Given Lord Matson’s fine form and figure, one can only imagine that it is the elder Birlings who are proving to be anti-romantical. Miss Birling is made of stern stuff, to be sure, but surely not that stern.
LADY WHISTLEDOWN’S SOCIETY PAPERS, 14 JUNE 1816 “I thought we had an agreement.” Charlotte paced back and forth in front of her mother’s writing desk. “Lord Matson was supposed to be allowed to call on me.”
“Charlotte,” Lady Birling replied, setting aside her pen, “he has been allowed to do so.”
“Then why haven’t I seen him?”
“Lord Matson is obviously a man with many business and social obligations. I told you that we doubted the depth of his commitment to you. And better to discover that now, before the gossips can make it look as though he led you on and then tired of you.”
<> That thought had occurred to her from time to time, especially at night, alone in her bed, but in the daylight her pencha...nt for reality thankfully won out.MoreLess
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