Dear me, look hither...
Could it be?
Indeed!
Duchess DeBorde has entered the ballroom with something bulging in her reticule.
We wonder what antics she has in store for us this evening.
The RSVP that Mr. Darcy received was quite amusing which he was willing to share here...
 | Salutations, My Dear - Please be apprised the Duchess DeBorde shall be in attendance this year. As expected, Leggs will be snugly ensconced in the voluminous confines of an exquisite creation (as will an unobtrusive flask of Absinthe- just between us girls *wink wink*) I shall heartily endeavor to ensure propriety is well observed with our younger guests, .... unless, of course, the whims of fancy dictate otherwise. Yours Truly, DD ~ |
by Kim Wilson
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Tour the homes and settings of Jane Austen, one of the most widely read and beloved authors in English literature.
“I shall be very glad to see you at home again, and then...who will be so happy as we?”—Jane Austen
From her youth in a country rectory in Steventon, a small village in Hampshire, England—where she wrote her first stories for her friends, Volume the First, Volume the Second, and Volume the Third—to the fashionable spa town of Bath, to the seaport of Southampton, to her final years in her last settled home at peaceful Chawton Cottage, where she penned her most famous novel, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s life was hardly that of a shutin.
A regular visitor to London, to the seashore for holidays, and to the estates of friends and relatives, Jane carried her own notion of home with her wherever she went and drew inspiration for her brilliantly witty novels from every new experience. She wrote most everywhere she traveled, accompanied by her portable writing desk.
With gorgeous photography and illustrations, At Home with Jane Austen explores Austen’s world, her physical surroundings, and the journeys the popular author took during her lifetime. Author Kim Wilson ties Austen’s novels to places where she lived, visited, and even attended school, ending with her final months in temporary lodgings in Winchester, England. Jane Austen’s enduring legacy is the final chapter of this beautiful and eye-opening book.
played by David Rintoul
Pride and Prejudice (1980)
Mr. Darcy wants to know…
What item would we find in your reticule?
* image source: P&P silhouette, gown for Duchess DeBorde with possible appearance of Leggs (aka MAD from Mary Ann DeBorde Writes and Reads!), Mr. Darcy
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