Tag: Marrying Elizabeth

I think this picture captures Kitty's current pensive (and sorrowful) air as she sits in her window seat in her bedroom at Longbourn. So many thoughts and feelings being secreted away! 

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She pulled her feet up and wrapped her arms around her knees as she rested her head against the wall and closed her eyes. Sorrow wished to spill out of her, but she would not let it – at least, she would not until she climbed into bed. Then, knowing that no one would hear or see her, she would allow her heart to feel the cracks which scarred it. For now, she would strive to think of nothing – not of how all her sisters were married or soon would be, not of the soirees and possible matches which had been missed because she had been required to leave town before the end of the season, not of the dear friend she had left behind at Darcy House, and most especially, not of Mr. Langley. One tear sneaked out the corner of her eye, forcing her to brush it away.

[from Marrying Elizabeth book 5]

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Marrying Elizabeth, books 1-4

Tomorrow's story begins with a parting so I thought this painting would be a good one to pair with the short prologue to this yet unnamed story. 

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“Are you certain this is what you want?”

Langley turned away from Lady Matlock to find Mr. Bennet observing him with great interest and a hint of compassion. He allowed himself to glance at Kitty…

He nodded as he turned back to her father. “It is.” This lie did not fall more easily from his lips than any of the others had so far today.

[from Marrying Elizabeth book 5]

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Marrying Elizabeth, books 1-4

 MAILING LIST    PATREON

Mary doesn't do things flippantly. She considers consequences and motivations. She ponders things deeply, filtering them through her beliefs. And that is not going to change on her wedding day. Putting her name in that church register and saying her vows will all be done with the respect she feels is their due.

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“I, Mary Amelia Bennet,” she repeated, “take thee, Reginald Arthur Fitzwilliam to my wedded husband.” Mary glanced at the minister who prompted her with the next words. Her hand was trembling slightly in his. Wes squeezed her hand and was rewarded with a smile before she said the next words.

“To have and to hold, from this day forward.” She paused to take a breath. “For better or worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health.”

She once again paused to breath. She was nervous, but it was not because she was marrying him. Nor was it the size of the church and the crowd within it which had her trembling. She had confessed her trepidation over the service to him just yesterday, and he knew that she was not only repeating words and pledging herself to him, but she was also speaking to God.

[from Persuading Miss Mary, Marrying Elizabeth book 4]

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Confounding Caroline  ~  Delighting Mrs. Bennet ~ Loving Lydia

 MAILING LIST    PATREON

The tide in Mary and Wes's story is definitely turning, which is as it should be as this is the second to last chapter of their story.

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She watched herself twist her fingers in her lap instead of looking at him. “I was never supposed to fall in love with someone like you.”

“But you have fallen in love with me?” That bit sounded hopeful.

She peeked up at him and smiled. “Against my better judgment, I have fallen completely and utterly in love with you and that scares me.”

[from Persuading Miss Mary, Marrying Elizabeth book 4]

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Confounding Caroline  ~  Delighting Mrs. Bennet ~ Loving Lydia

 MAILING LIST    PATREON

There is no marriage proposal in this chapter, but there is a gentleman kneeling before a lady he loves, so this painting seems to fit. :)

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He pressed a handkerchief into her hand. “Oh, my love, I am so sorry,” he whispered. “I did not mean to hurt you. I never would. Well, that is not entirely true,” he smiled sheepishly. “I would not purposefully hurt you. I might out of ignorance.”

Mary’s quivering lips tipped up into a small smile. Even now, he was being honest with her.

“Which it appears I have done.” He was kneeling before her and held one of her hands.

[from Persuading Miss Mary, Marrying Elizabeth book 4]

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Confounding Caroline  ~  Delighting Mrs. Bennet ~ Loving Lydia

 MAILING LIST    PATREON