Suffragette in the City
“Exhausted, I lay in bed and watched the sky lighten from indigo to a soft blue-grey as I considered the matter that consumed my thoughts.
“Let us look at it from a strictly analytical point of view,” I told Annie when she brought me my morning tea.
“If you like, miss, although I’ve often found that affairs of the heart can’t often be analyzed.”
“Hmm. Well, we shall try. You will admit that I have been unusually sheltered during my years with Father.”
“That is true, miss.”
“With no one who could... even remotely be considered a suitor.”
“Very true.”
“Thus it’s perfectly reasonable that this attraction I feel for Mr. St. John is simply my mind reacting to the pleasures to be found in the company of a man who you have to admit is devastatingly handsome.”
“Mr. St. John?” Annie appeared to consider it. “I haven’t seen him, but if you say so, then he must be.”
“It is merely a brief and mild infatuation, no more,” I said as I slipped on my dressing gown.MoreLess
“Let us look at it from a strictly analytical point of view,” I told Annie when she brought me my morning tea.
“If you like, miss, although I’ve often found that affairs of the heart can’t often be analyzed.”
“Hmm. Well, we shall try. You will admit that I have been unusually sheltered during my years with Father.”
“That is true, miss.”
“With no one who could... even remotely be considered a suitor.”
“Very true.”
“Thus it’s perfectly reasonable that this attraction I feel for Mr. St. John is simply my mind reacting to the pleasures to be found in the company of a man who you have to admit is devastatingly handsome.”
“Mr. St. John?” Annie appeared to consider it. “I haven’t seen him, but if you say so, then he must be.”
“It is merely a brief and mild infatuation, no more,” I said as I slipped on my dressing gown.MoreLess
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