Pretty Persuasion
“She gave me a Queer look and appear'd exceedingly flushed as she told a Silly story about storks and chimneys. It was not until I asked how the birds got the child out of its mother's Belly that she marched off in a snit. She is so easily goaded; I think I ought to have a governess who would present more of a Challenge." — From the diary of Lady Georgiana Montford, aged 14 NO, I WILL not marry Robert. I will not marry at all. Simple words when they echoed in her head, but they would not be ea...sily spoken in front of her parents. Georgie's legs seemed detached from her as she descended the stairs to the entrance hall, carrying her body downstairs and toward the Green Parlor where her parents waited.
Where Robert waited.
Strange, but after days of dreading this confrontation, it was suddenly the prospect of facing Robert that had her tied into one big snarled knot of apprehension. The influence her parents' anger exerted on her conscience seemed like a gentle wind compared to the tempest of Robert's fury.MoreLess
Where Robert waited.
Strange, but after days of dreading this confrontation, it was suddenly the prospect of facing Robert that had her tied into one big snarled knot of apprehension. The influence her parents' anger exerted on her conscience seemed like a gentle wind compared to the tempest of Robert's fury.MoreLess
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