The Black Planet
“Jane noticed and smiled, ‘yes he did and do you know why?’ ‘No I don’t, no one does, he just seemed to dismiss the man out of hand. He was very suitable.’ ‘Yes he was suitable, but he was also ugly and stupid. He used to drool all over me at parties, I detested him.’ ‘Yes well that wasn’t obvious,’ Isobel was being sarcastic and Jane cut her off with a withering look.
‘Father asked me in private if I wanted to marry him or not and I said no. He said that was fine with him.’ ‘That’s was i...t!’ ‘I was as surprised as you Isobel and asked him why?’ ‘He said he could not, would not condemn his daughter to live a life without love.’ ‘Was that when he told you about my mother?’ ‘No that was the following year when I pressed him. He said love is the most wonderful feeling in the world, it transcends all other feelings. It can make the most honest and honourable men do things they are ashamed of. Duty should be to one’s King and one’s country, not to one’s heart.’ She stood up and walked over to Isobel, ‘duty made a miserly of our parent’s life, our father and our mothers. He said he would never give up that week of happiness that he shared with your mother. Let us not make the same mistakes Isobel. I will not marry the King, share his bed or bare his children. Now we are running late help me dress.’ Lady Jane was half an hour late. She sat beside the King as they were driven to Harrods where they stayed for an hour. As usual she refused any attempt by the king to purchase her a gift. On the way home she studied him from the corner of her eye. He was handsome and polished, genuine and kind. The people of Britain adored him but for all of that Jane felt nothing for the man.MoreLess
‘Father asked me in private if I wanted to marry him or not and I said no. He said that was fine with him.’ ‘That’s was i...t!’ ‘I was as surprised as you Isobel and asked him why?’ ‘He said he could not, would not condemn his daughter to live a life without love.’ ‘Was that when he told you about my mother?’ ‘No that was the following year when I pressed him. He said love is the most wonderful feeling in the world, it transcends all other feelings. It can make the most honest and honourable men do things they are ashamed of. Duty should be to one’s King and one’s country, not to one’s heart.’ She stood up and walked over to Isobel, ‘duty made a miserly of our parent’s life, our father and our mothers. He said he would never give up that week of happiness that he shared with your mother. Let us not make the same mistakes Isobel. I will not marry the King, share his bed or bare his children. Now we are running late help me dress.’ Lady Jane was half an hour late. She sat beside the King as they were driven to Harrods where they stayed for an hour. As usual she refused any attempt by the king to purchase her a gift. On the way home she studied him from the corner of her eye. He was handsome and polished, genuine and kind. The people of Britain adored him but for all of that Jane felt nothing for the man.MoreLess
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