Letter Rack (Edward Collier)

Letter Rack, Edward Collier (circa 1698). Art Gallery of South Australia / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

I love all the items that are in this painting. It gives one much to look at, doesn’t it? In chapter 6 of Protecting Miss Darcy, Georgiana is adding to the letter she is writing to her aunt.

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You do remember Mr. C from my last page of writing, do you not? I can now say that I not only suppose you would not approve of him but, with confidence, I can declare you would not. I must also say that his handsomeness fades with his forward actions. Upon arriving, he seemed relieved to see that we had not yet departed and wasted no time in dismounting from his horse and coming to my side.

[from Protecting Miss Darcy, Marrying Elizabeth book 6]

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The Monitions of the Unseen…Book Illustration

A cottager leaned whispering by her hives,
Telling the bees some news, as they lit down,
And entered one by one their waxen town.

Illustration from The monitions of the unseen, and poems of love and childhood; 1871; author, Jean Ingelow. Internet Archive Book Images / No restrictions via Wikimedia

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“For me?” Georgiana cried. “I should think it would be very bad manners for me to come looking for assistance from a gentleman who was injured fetching me a flower to sketch.”

“Do not apologize again.”

“But if you had not tried to shoo that bee away from me…”

“I knew the risk.”

[from Protecting Miss Darcy, Marrying Elizabeth book 6]

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Dress, 1810 (Metropolitan Museum of the Arts)

American; Dress; circa 1810 (cotton, wool). Bequest of Maria P. James, 1910. This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Metropolitan Museum of Art / CC0

Don’t these “ladies” look as if they are ready for a picnic or afternoon of strolling and having tea in the garden?

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“You look perfectly content.” Alfred sat down beside her under the tree.

“I am. It was a lovely picnic.”

Chairs and tables were being loaded onto a waiting cart, while blankets which were not being used, were being folded and placed in a trunk that would be transported back to Ravincot in one of the Langley’s carriages when they all had had their fill of wandering the meadow and reclining under trees as they conversed.

“Are you planning to sit here and read until we leave?” Alfred asked.

“That was indeed my plan unless some other activity of greater interest caught my attention.”

“Would you like to walk with me?”

[from Protecting Miss Darcy, Marrying Elizabeth book 6]

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English Garden in the Csáky Castle at Hotkóc (János Rombauer)

English Garden in the Csáky Castle at Hotkóc, János Rombauer / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Alfred’s aunt, Meredith Langley, loves gardens and is always having improvements made to hers. I wonder which of these garden elements she might have in the garden at Ravencot?

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“The garden is best enjoyed from outside.”

“I was just out there,” Alfred replied. “What brings you to this room, Aunt?”

Meredith Langley crossed to stand next to her nephew. “You.”

“Me?”

His aunt nodded. “We have not yet had a good discussion about my son and his future bride.” Mrs. Langley sat down on the window seat so that she could also look out the window. “There is a pleasant breeze today, is there not?”

[from Protecting Miss Darcy, Marrying Elizabeth book 6]

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Flower Sketches

Flower Sketches purchased at DepositPhotos, collage created on Canva

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“That is a very good likeness,” Alfred said as he took the seat next to her which Kitty had vacated.

“Thank you. Flowers are my specialty.” She smiled at him sheepishly. “To be honest, they are the only thing I can draw that comes close to looking as it should.”

“I find that hard to believe.”

[from Protecting Miss Darcy, Marrying Elizabeth book 6]

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