My Dearest Lilian, It has become abundantly clear why you were so supportive of my journey to the Continent. All that talk of adventure and expanding my mind and experience, and all you really wished was that I would be absent from town when Lord Drummond finally made an appearance. I jest, of course -…
An Utterly Non-Canon Interlude: When Characters Come To Call
"Oh, Lady Lochlane!" The woman outside the window was quite distracting. Waving and hollering and making quite a scene. It was all Lady Lochlane could do to disregard her and even this was becoming more difficult with each passing minute. "Lady Lochlane!" The summer months were meant for quiet self-examination and relaxation, Lady Lochlane had…
Chapter VII
Angela Patton had always found her sister’s acquaintance with Lord Dederick Drummond rather odd. The man was young, handsome, intelligent, and titled. What business did he have maintaining a friendship with Lilian Patton? Her sister certainly did nothing to encourage this affection, in Angela’s opinion. For example, their current position: Lilian had seen her friend…
Chapter VI
Dear Mother, I was so sorry to hear of the trouble at Lady Cassandra's wedding. She is such a dear woman and I cannot believe the society papers would be so unkind. Please let her know that there are those thinking of her in such hard times. Do not worry so about Lilian. There was…
Chapter V
The couples paired off as they entered the garden, as couples were wont to do when given the opportunity. As such, Lilian and Grant were left to trail behind the others, to make their own semblance of company. Grant was unsure of what to begin a conversation with and elected to voice a question that…
New Cast Page
Okay, so a surprise test (fine, four days notice, but still) and a paper due next Tuesday mean that there will likely not be a Simple Pleasantries chapter this week. Never say never, but the odds aren’t great. However, I didn’t want to leave this space empty so I thought I would do something I’ve…
Chapter IV
Dear Lilian, You must not fear me running off with Giuliano Portelli. He is an entertaining, but minor diversion. You know I would settle for nothing less than royalty in my marriage choices. How is the Princess Adelaide, by the way? You must inform me if she falls ill; I will return to Engsim post-haste.…
Chapter III
Lady Norman had thought herself very clever when she had seated Duke Carlisle next to Miss Patton when planning the seating arrangements. Yes, the girl was acceptably pretty, but she had thought that surely, as a gentleman's daughter, any attractive qualities she might possess would be invisible to Carlisle. Her entire motivation in inviting Mrs.…
Chapter II
The Duke of Simbria had in fact returned to Engsim and to Simdon and the conversation that Lilian Patton overheard had pertained to him. Carlisle's arrival in Simdon had been a quiet affair, as the Duke had no wish to publicize his arrival so soon after returning from the war. In fact, as she had…
Chapter I
My dearest Miss Sharpe, I hope you continue to enjoy your travels abroad and that you have not fallen prey to the Italian casanovas you described in your last letter. Keep me appraised of that, if you would. I do not like to be taken unaware by my friends' elopements. I write to you from…
Simple Pleasantries 