Alfred Stevens [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons
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“Does Charlotte know of your betrothal?” She (Lady Lucas) looked at Mrs. Bennet without waiting for Elizabeth’s reply. “I am sending a letter tomorrow. I do it twice a month you know. It is dreadful and yet not so very much to have one’s daughter so far removed, although she is not so far away as some will be.” She paused only long enough to take a quick breath. “Will you be remaining at Netherfield, Mr. Bingley?”
Leenie Brown fell in love with Jane Austen's works when she first read Sense and Sensibility followed immediately by Pride and Prejudice in her early teens. As the second of five daughters and an avid reader, she has always loved to see where her imagination takes her and to play with and write about the characters she meets along the way. In 2013, these two loves collided when she stumbled upon the world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction. A year later, in 2014, she began writing her own Austen-inspired stories and began publishing them in 2015. Leenie lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her two teenage boys and her very own Mr. Brown (a wonderful mix of all the best of Darcy, Bingley and Edmund with healthy dose of the teasing Mr. Tillney and just a dash of the scolding Mr. Knightley).
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4 thoughts on “The Letter, Alfred Stevens”
Dear Leenie,
I can hardly wait to get my copy of Delighting Mrs. Bennet. I know that you have worked very hard on birthing this novel. As a reader, I am sitting on pins and needles.
Congratulations on getting you baby on to the shelves and out to the public and thank you for the hours of reading enjoyment you have brought into my life and the lives of many other as well.
Thank you, Christa. I’m so happy that my great enjoyment in creating the stories can be passed on you. 🙂
What is Lady Lucas about? Her comments can be taken several different ways. Although she says it is bad to have a daughter living so far away… what she is not saying is … but not for long when she takes up living at Longbourn. Then she hints that, for Mrs. Bennet, Lizzy will far away in the north. I look forward to seeing the context of this remark.
That is a lovely choice of picture. She looks pensive, like she hasn’t decided what to write yet. I want to tell her, choose your words carefully, my dear. Perhaps she is going to write us a story or a three-volume novel. That would be nice. Blessings on the launch of your book Delighting Mrs. Bennet..
Thank you! Tomorrow is the day!
This painting is gorgeous! It has such life to it. I’m always amazed by how artist can do that!
I’ll let you see if, tomorrow, the rest of the story surrounding this bit helps you figure out what Lady Lucas might be thinking. 😉
Dear Leenie,
I can hardly wait to get my copy of Delighting Mrs. Bennet. I know that you have worked very hard on birthing this novel. As a reader, I am sitting on pins and needles.
Congratulations on getting you baby on to the shelves and out to the public and thank you for the hours of reading enjoyment you have brought into my life and the lives of many other as well.
Thank you, Christa. I’m so happy that my great enjoyment in creating the stories can be passed on you. 🙂
What is Lady Lucas about? Her comments can be taken several different ways. Although she says it is bad to have a daughter living so far away… what she is not saying is … but not for long when she takes up living at Longbourn. Then she hints that, for Mrs. Bennet, Lizzy will far away in the north. I look forward to seeing the context of this remark.
That is a lovely choice of picture. She looks pensive, like she hasn’t decided what to write yet. I want to tell her, choose your words carefully, my dear. Perhaps she is going to write us a story or a three-volume novel. That would be nice. Blessings on the launch of your book Delighting Mrs. Bennet..
Thank you! Tomorrow is the day!
This painting is gorgeous! It has such life to it. I’m always amazed by how artist can do that!
I’ll let you see if, tomorrow, the rest of the story surrounding this bit helps you figure out what Lady Lucas might be thinking. 😉