The Dream
“The marquess’ carriage was caught in traffic several blocks over. A wagon of overturned goods had blocked the carriage’s path, littering the street, a few barrels broken, produce scattered out, heating and rotting on the cobbles. She’d quietly asked for directions to Upper Brook Street from a gentleman standing near her carriage window. When she realized it was only two blocks over, she quickly alighted from the carriage and gathered her single valise to her.Darnlin, the driver, tried to talk h...er out of it, but she told him her relatives just lived a couple of blocks over and left him to deal with whatever he dealt with.The early afternoon sun shone weakly through the overcast day. England always seemed to be overcast, even when it wasn’t.This part of London—Mayfair she thought it was called, though maybe not, they’d taken so many turns—was quieter than the outskirts. The outer edges were dark, dreary places, full of poverty and despair. She’d seen gaunt, shoeless children, dirty faces, bedraggled women and downtrodden men.MoreLess
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