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I leave a great many things to Baerd
"Then I... |
2nd September 2010, 02:12 |
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I leave a great many things to Baerd
"Then I shall place myself in his hands," Sandre saidHe bowed gravely to the yellow-haired manBaerd, Devin saw, did not look entirely happy
"I will not swear an oath," the Duke said to him"I swore one vow when Alberico came, and it is the last vow I shall ever swearI will say though that it shall be my endeavor for the rest of my days to ensure that you do not regret thisWill that content you?"
Slowly Baerd nodded
Listening, Devin had an intuitive sense that this, too, was an exchange that mattered, that neither man had spoken lightly, or less than the truth of his heartHe glanced over just then at Catriana and discovered that she had been watching himShe turned quickly gucci twirl watch away though, and did not look back
Sandre said, "I think I had best set about doing what I have said I wouldBecause of the screening of Alberico's magic I must go and return from this room, but I dare say you need not spend a night among the dead, however illustrious they areHave you a camp in the woods? Shall I find you there?"
The idea of magic was unsettling to Devin still, but Sandre's words had just given him an idea, his first really clear thought since they'd entered the lodge
"Are you sure you'll be able to stop your son from talking?" he asked diffidently
"Quite sure," Sandre replied briefly"Well then, it seems to me none of us is in immediate dangerExcept for you, my lord
"Until Baerd's done with gucci backpack him," Alessan interposed
Devin turned to him"I'd like to say farewell to Menico and try to think of a reason to give for leavingI owe him a great dealI don't want him to hate me
Alessan looked thoughtful"He will hate you a little, Devin, even though he isn't that kind of manWhat happened this morning is what a lifelong trouper like Menico dreams aboutAnd no explanation you come up with is going to alter the fact that he needs you to make that dream a real thing nowHe hated what he was hearing, but he couldn't deny the truth of itA season or two of the fees Menico had said he could now charge would have let the old campaigner buy the inn in Ferraut he'd talked about for so many yearsThe place where he'd chanel handbag 2.55 always said he'd like to settle when the road grew too stern for his bonesWhere he could serve ale and wine and offer a bed and a meal to old friends and new ones passing through on the long trailsWhere he could hear and retell the gossip of the day and swap the old stories he lovedAnd where, on the cold winter nights, he could stake out a place by the fire and lead whoever happened to be there into and out of all the songs he knew
Devin shoved his hands deep into the pockets of his breechesHe felt awkward and sad"I just don't like disappearing on himAll three of us at onceWe've got concerts tomorrow, too
Alessan's mouth quirked"I do seem to recall that," he said
"Three," said Catriana unexpectedly
"Three," big chanel Alessan agreed cheerfully"And one the next day at the Woolguild HallI also have, it has just occurred to me, a substantial wager in The Paelion that I expect to win
Which drew an already predictable growl from Baerd"Do you seriously think the Festival of Vines is going to blithely proceed after what has occurred tonight? You want to go make music in Astibar as if nothing has happened? Music? I've been down this road with you before, Alessan
"Actually, I'm quite certain the Festival will go on"Alberico is cautious almost before he is anything elseI think tonight will redouble that in himHe will allow the people their celebrations, let those from the distrada scatter and go home, then slam down hard immediately gucci men bag afte |
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He'd been in the
sun
somewhere, he was brown as... |
2nd September 2010, 00:00 |
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He'd been in the
sun
somewhere, he was brown as an IndianOh, God, how she loved him,
her
heart was beating so hard that everyone must be able to hear it
"Rhett! Oh, darling, I'm afraid I'm going to make a spectacle of
myselfButler grabbed a napkin and wiped her eyes"You said
'some silver' in PhiladelphiaI had no idea it was the tea service
"It's also very heavyMiss Emma, will you please push that makeshift
china to one side? I heard you mention something about thirst, I
believeI'd be honored if you'd brew your heart's desire Sally,
my beloved, when are you going to agree to let me duel your husband
to
the death and abduct you?" Rhett placed the tray on the table, bay bag chloe leaned
across it, and kissed the three women sitting on the settee behind
it
Then he looked aroundLook at me, Scarlett begged silently from the
shadowy cornerBut he didn't see her"Margaret, how
lovely you look in that gownRoss doesn't deserve youHello, Anne,
it's a pleasure to see youEdward, I can't say the same for youI
don't approve of your organizing yourself a harem in my house when
I'm
out in the rain in the sorriest hansom cab in North America, clutching
the family silver to oe my bosom to protect it from the
carpetbaggers
Rhett smiled at his mother"Stop that crying, now, Mama dear," he
said,
"or I'll think you don't like your surprise Eleanor looked up at
him, her face tiffany co jewelry shining with loveYou make me
very
happy Scarlett couldn't stand another minute of it"Rhett, darling-" His head turned toward her, and she
stopped
His face was rigid, blank, all emotion withheld by an iron control
But his eyes were ? bright; they faced one another for a breathless
momentThen his lips turned downward at one corner in the sardonic
smile she knew so well and feared so much"It's a fortunate man," he
said slowly and clearly, "who receives a greater surprise than he
gives He held his hands out for hersScarlett put her trembling
fingers into his palms, conscious of the distance his outstretched arms
kept between themHis mustache brushed her right cheek, then omega ladies watch her
leftHe'd like to kill me, she thought, and the danger of it gave her
a strange thrillRhett put his arm around her shoulders, his hand
clamped like a vise around her upper arm"I'm sure you ladies-and
Edward-will excuse us if we leave you," he saidThere was an
appealing mixture of boyishness and roguishness in his voice"It's
been much too long since I've had a chance to talk to my wifeWe'll
go upstairs and leave you to solve the problems of the Confederate
Home He propelled Scarlett out the door without giving her an
opportunity to make her goodbyesRhett didn't speak while he rushed
her up the stairs and into hisbedroomHe closed the door and stood
with his back against it"What the knock off chanel hell are you doing here,
Scarlett?"
She wanted to hold out her arms to him, but the hot rage in his eyes
warned her not toScarlett made her eyes widen in innocent
misunderstandingHer voice was rushed and charmingly breathless
when
she spoke"Aunt Eulalie wrote and told me what you were saying,
Rhett
-about how you longed for me to be here with you, but I wouldn't
leave
the storeOh, darling, why didn't you tell me? I don't care two pins
for the store, not compared to you She watched his eyes warily"It
won't work, Scarlett
"What do you mean?"
"None of itNot the fervid explanation and not the innocent lack of
understandingYou know you could never lie to me and get away chanel purses bags with
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"Of my father?"
Of stolid, dour Garin, grim... |
1st September 2010, 02:34 |
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"Of my father?"
Of stolid, dour Garin, grim farmer in a wet grey landWho had, it now appeared, come from bright Avalle of the towers in the southern highlands of Tigana and who had, in his youth, wooed and won a woman beloved of all who saw herWho had fought and lived through two terrible battles by a river and who had, if Alessan was right in his last conjecture, very deliberately sent out into the world his one quick, imaginative child capable of finding what he seemed to have found tonight
Who had also, Devin abruptly realized, almost certainly lied when he said he'd forgotten the words to the cradle songIt was all omega usa suddenly very hard
"I will tell you what I know of him, and gladly," Alessan said
"But not tonight, for Catriana is right and we must get ourselves away before dawnRight now I will swear faith with you as Baerd has doneYou are as kin to me from now until the ending of my days
Devin turned to look up at Catriana"Will you accept me?"
She tossed her hair"I don't have much choice, do I?" she said carelessly"You seem to have entangled yourself rather thoroughly here She lowered her left hand though as she spoke, two fingers curledHer fingers met his own with a light, cool touch
"Be welcome," she said"I swear I will keep faith with you, vintage chanel jewelry Devin di TiganaI'm sorry about this morning," Devin offered
Her hand withdrew and her eyes flashed; even by starlight he could see it"Oh yes," she said sardonically, "I'm sure you areIt was very clear, all along, how regrettable you found the experience!"
Alessan snorted with amusement"Catriana, my darling," he said, "I just forbade him to mention any details of what happenedHow do I enforce that if you bring them up yourself?"
Without the faintest trace of a smile Catriana said, "I am the aggrieved party here, AlessanYou don't enforce anything on meThe rules are not the same
Baerd chuckled suddenly"The rules," he said, "have cheap chanel purses not been the same since you joined usWhy indeed should this be any different?"
Catriana tossed her head again but did not deign to reply
The three men stood upDevin flexed his knees to relieve the stiffness of sitting so long in one position
"Ferraut or Tregea?" Baerd asked"Which border?"
"Ferraut," Alessan said"They'll have me placed as Tregean as soon as Tomasso talks, poor manIf I'd been thinking clearly I would have shot him as they rode by
"Oh, very clear thinking, that," Baerd retorted"With twenty soldiers surrounding himYou would have had us all in chains in Astibar by now
"You would have deflected my arrow," prada clutch Alessan said wryly
"Is there a chance he won't speak?" Devin interjected awkwardly"I'm thinking about Menico, you see
Alessan shook his head"Everyone talks under torture," he said soberly"Especially if sorcery is involvedI'm thinking about Menico too, but there isn't anything we can do about it, DevinIt is one of the realities of the life we liveThere are people put at risk by almost everything we doI wish," he added, "that I knew what had happened in that lodge
"You wanted to check it," Catriana reminded him"Can we afford the time?"
"I did, and yes, I think we can," said Alessan crisply"There remains a piece missing in all of ladies omega watches this |
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Monsieur erve is
an
expert at ladiesAnd the... |
31st August 2010, 23:05 |
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Monsieur erve is
an
expert at ladiesAnd the portrait is important
"I'll do it, because I do everything you say, but I won't like it, ke
my word The next morning Scarlett was awakened by the sound of
trafficwas still dark, but street lamps showed her four lines of
wagons d drays and carriages of every description moving along the
street low her bedroom windowNo wonder Dublin has such wide
streets,
she thought happily, almost everything in Ireland with heels on it is
hereShe sniffed, sniffed againI must be going crazycould swear
I smell coffeeFingers tapped gently on her door"Breakfast is in
the sitting room when you're ready," cartier tank must said Charlotte"I've sent the
waiter away, I you need is a wrapper
Scarlett nearly knocked MrsMontague down opening the door
Coffee!
If you knew how much I've missed coffeeOh, Charlotte, why didn't
you
tell me they drink coffee in Dublin? I'd have taken e train every
morning just for breakfast The coffee tasted even better than it
smelledLuckily Charlotte eferred tea, because Scarlett drank the
entire potThen she obediently put on the silk stockings and
combinations Charlotte unpacked from a boxShe felt quite wicked
The light slippery undergarments were altogether different from the
batiste or muslin she'd worn all her lifeShe gucci paolo watches tied her wool dressing
gown tightly around her when Evans came in with a woman she'd
never
seen before"This is Serafina," said Charlotte
"She's Italian, so don't be concerned if you don't understand a word
she saysShe's going to do your hairAll you have to do is sit
still and let her talk to herself She's having a one-way
conversation with every hair on my head, thought Scarlett after nearly
an hourHer neck was getting stiff, and she hadn't the faintest idea
what the woman was doing to herCharlotte had seated her near the
window in the sitting room where the morning light was strongest
Sims and one assistant looked as impatient as replica cartier tank Scarlett feltThey'd
arrived twenty minutes earlier"Ecco!" said Serafina"Benusimo,"
said Mrs
Her assistant lifted the muslin wrap from the gown MrsScarlett drew in her breathThe white satin glistened in
the light, and the light made the silver embroidery shine as if it were
a living thingIt was a fantasy of a gownScarlett stood, her hands
reached out to touch it"Every
finger would leave a mark Scarlett saw that the dressmaker was
wearing white kid glovesShe took the pristine long gloves Charlotte
was holding out to herThey were already folded back and powdered
for
her get them on without stretchingWhen she had smoothed them chanel bags pink all
the
way up, Charlotte used - small silver buttonhook with rapid
competence,
Serafina dropped silk handkerchief over her head and removed her
wrapper, and - MrsSims lowered the dress onto Scarlett's upraised
arms and - her body
While she fastened the back, Serafina deftly removed handkerchief
and
made a few delicate touches to Scarlett's hairThere was a knock at
the door"Well timed," said Mrs"That will be Monsieur
Herve
Charlotte led Scarlett to the center of the roc? Scarlett could hear
her opening the door and speaking in a low I suppose she's talking
French and expects me toNo, Charlotte should know me better than
that omega constellation by
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Two-faced,
lying,
double-dealing- Scarlett... |
31st August 2010, 05:13 |
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Two-faced,
lying,
double-dealing- Scarlett lifted her fists to hit him, but he was still
gripping her shoulders, and her baIled hands fell ineffectually on
his chest
She twisted and broke freeRhett raised his palms to ward off her
blows, and laughter rumbled low in his brown throatScarlett lifted
her hands-only to push her wild hair back from her face
"You can save your breath, Rhett ButlerI'll need no advice from you
because I won't be here to ignore itI hate your precious Charleston,
and I despise everybody in it, especially youI'm leaving
tomorrow
She faced him head-on, her hands on her hips, her head high, her chin
outHer body was visibly trembling in the clinging silk"No, Scarlett," he black spy bag saidFlight would only serve to confirm guilt, and I'd still have to
kill CourtneyYou blackmailed me into allowing you to stay for the
Season, Scarlett, and stay you will
"And you will do what I tell you to do, and you will appear to like
it
Or I swear before God that I will break every bone in your body, one
after another He walked to the doorWith his hand on the latch, he
looked back at her and smiled mockingly"And don't try to do
anything
clever, my petI will be watching every move you make
"I hate you!" Scarlett shouted at the closing doorWhen she heard a
key turning in the lock, she threw the mantel clock, then the fireplace
poker, at itToo late she thought of the piazza and the white chanel watch other
bedroomsWhen she ran to their doors they, too, were locked on the
outsideShe returned to her own room and paced its length and width
until she was exhaustedAt last she slumped into a chair and
pounded
weakly on its armrests until her hands were sore"I am going to
leave," she announced aloud, "and there's no way he can stop me
The
tall, thick, locked door silently gave her the lieThere was no point
in fighting Rhett, she'd have to outwit him somehowThere had to be
a
way, and she'd find itNo need to burden herself with luggage, she
could go with only the clothes on her backThat's what she'd do
She'd go to a tea or a whist party or something and just walk away in
the middle, straight to the horsecar chanel earrings stud and on to the depotShe had
plenty of money for a ticket to-where? As always when Scarlett was
heartsore, she thought of TaraThere was peace there, and new
strength
If only Tara was hers, all hersShe saw again the daydreams she'd
invented when she visited Julia Ashley's plantationHow could
Carreen
have thrown away her share the way she had? Scarlett's head
snapped up
like a woods animal scenting waterWhat good was a share in Tara to
the convent in Charleston? They couldn't sell it, even if there was a
buyer, because Will would never agree, nor would sheMaybe they
got a
third share of any profit from the cotton crop, but how much could that
possibly be? At best thirty or forty dollars a yearWhy, china mulberry they would
jump at a chance to sell to herRhett wanted her to stay, did he?
Fine! She'd stay, but only if he helped her get Carreen's third of
TaraThen, with two-thirds in her hand, she'd offer to buy out Will
and SuellenIf Will refused to sell, she'd throw them outA stab of
conscience halted her thoughts, but Scarlett pushed it awayWhat did
it matter how much Will loved Tara? She loved it moreIt was the only place she cared about, the only place where anyone
had ever cared about herWill would understand; he'd see that Tara
was her only hopeShe ran to the bell pull and yanked on itPansy
came to the door, tried it, turned the key and opened it
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Exactly as word has been put about
She... |
30th August 2010, 23:19 |
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Exactly as word has been put about
She discovered that her hands were clutching each other in her lapShe said fatuously, without thinking, "Is this true?"
He only raised his eyebrows, but she felt herself flush deep red"I have no need to deceive you, DianoraI told them to arrange for witnesses among the Chiarans, so there would be no doubtWhat would confirm it for you: shall I have his head sent to your rooms?"
She looked down again, thinking of Isolla's head bursting like a smashed fruitShe swallowed; he had done that with a gesture of his handShe looked back at the KingMutely she shook her headWhat happened on that ride? What was happening here?
Then, omega geneve automatic abruptly, she remembered what else had occurred to him yesterdayOn the mountainside, at a place where a grey rock stood beside the runners' trackOne man sees a riselka: his path forks thereBrandin turned back towards the fire, one leg crossed over the otherHe laid the point of the iron down on the hearthstone, leaning it against his chair
"You haven't asked me why I changed the ordersThat's unlike you, Dianora
"I'm afraid to," she said, truthfully
He glanced over at that, his dark brows level now, the gray eyes intimidating with their intelligence"That's unlike you as welllike yourself either this morning
"Fair enough," he said quietlyHe looked at her for a moment in omega seamaster gold silence, then seemed to consider something else"Tell me, did d'Eymon make things difficult for you just now? Did he warn you, or threaten?"
It wasn't sorcery, she told herself fiercelyIt was only Brandin being what he was, aware of all the nuances that affected those in their orbits around him
"Not directly," she said awkwardlyOnce she might have seen this as an opportunity, but the mood this morning was so strangeupset about yesterdayAfraid, I think, of balances shifting here at the courtOnce word is safely out that it was Neso who saved your life I think the Chancellor will be easierIt won't be a difficult story for him to spread; things happened very fastI vintage chanel jewelry doubt anyone saw it clearly
This time, Brandin's smile as he listened was one she knew and cherished: equal to equal, their minds sharing the track of a complex thoughtBut when she finished, his expression changed
She looked away and down again, at her hands in her lapYour path is clear now, she told herself as sternly as she couldShe had been offered a vision of herself in green beside the seaAnd her heart was her own now after last nightThere was a stone holding it there, safe within her breast
Brandin said, "It would be easy to tell the Neso story, I agreeBut I did a great deal of thinking last night and then on my ride this morningI'll be talking to d'Eymon chanel cambon purse later today, after we watch the runners come homeThe tale that goes around will be the true one, Dianora
She wasn't sure she had heard him rightly, and then she was sure, and something seemed to reach a brim and then spill over a little, like an overflowing wineglass inside her
"You should go riding more often," she mumbledHe laughed softly but she didn't look upShe had a very strong sense that she couldn't afford to look up
"Why?" she asked, intent on her interlocked fingers"Why to both things, then: Camena's fate, and now this?"
He was silent so long that eventually she did glance up, cautiouslyHe had turned back to the fire though, and was prodding it with the gucci book bags i |
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I should be outraged, PigeonI should be wounded... |
30th August 2010, 02:18 |
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I should be outraged, PigeonI should be wounded and hurtWhat did Pigeon Two say?"
"Baerd was sure you would be here," Alessan admitted ruefully"I'm afraid I owe him money
"At least one of you has grown up enough to have some sense,"
Marius growledThen something seemed to register with him"What? You two young scamps were wagering on me? How dare you!" He was laughing, but the blow he suddenly clapped on Alessan's shoulder made the other man stagger
Marius hobbled back to his chair and sat downAgain Devin was struck by the all-embracing nature of the glance he turned on themOnly for an instant did it flit over Devin himself, but he had the uncanny sense that Marius had, in that one second, sized him up quite comprehensively, that he would rolex vintage women's watch be recognized and remembered should they meet by chance even a decade hence
He experienced a weird, fleeting moment of pity for the seven warriors who had had to battle this man, bringing merely swords or spears, and armor and two good legs to meet him in a night grove
Those arms like tree-trunks and the message in those eyes told Devin all he needed to know about which way the balance would have tilted in those battles despite the ritual maiming, the severed ankle tendons, of the consort who was supposed to die in the grove, to the greater glory of the Mother Goddess and her High PriestessFor anyone's greater glorySeven times he had not diedAnd now, since that seventh time, there was a true King in Quileia again and the last High Priestess black chanel tote was deadIt had been Rovigo, Devin remembered suddenly, who had first given him that newsIn a rancid tavern called The Bird, either half a year or half a lifetime ago
"You must have been slipping or lazy or already fat last summer in the Grove," Alessan was sayingHe gestured toward the scar on Marius's forehead"Tonalius should never have been able to get that close to you with a blade
The smile on the face of the King of Quileia was not, in truth, a pleasant thing to see"He didn't," Marius said grimly"I used our kick-drop from the twenty-seven tree and he was dead before we both hit the groundThe scar is a farewell token from my late wife in our last encounterMay the sacred Mother of us all guard her ever-blessed spiritWill you take wine and a omega seamaster watch midday meal?"
Alessan's grey eyes blinked"We would be pleased to," he saidHe gestured to his guards"In that case, while my men attend to laying things out for us you can tell me, Pigeon, and I hope you will tell me, why you hesitated just now before accepting that invitation
It was Devin's turn to blink; he hadn't even registered the pause
Alessan was smiling though"I wish," he said, with a wry twist of his mouth, "that you would miss something once in a while Marius smiled thinly, but did not speak"I have a long ride ahead of meAt least three days, flat outSomeone I must get to, as soon as I can
"More important than me, Pigeon? I am desolated
Alessan shook his head"Not more important, or I wouldn't be here nowMore compelling perhapsThere chanel bags to buy was a message from Danoleon waiting for me at Borso last night
Marius's expression changed swiftly"I am deeply sorry," he said"It could not have been easy for you to come here first, knowing that
Alessan gave his small characteristic shrugHis eyes moved away from Marius, gazing past him up the pass toward the high peaks beyondThe soldiers had finished spreading a quite extravagant golden cloth over the level ground in front of the chairNow they began laying out multi-colored cushions upon it and putting down baskets and dishes of food
"We will break bread together," Marius said crisply, "and discuss what we are here to discuss, then you must goYou trust this message? Is there danger for you in returning?"
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The play had been Lovers? Vows, and MrYates was... |
29th August 2010, 23:07 |
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The play had been Lovers? Vows, and MrYates was to have
been Count Cassel?A trifling part,? said he, ?and not at all to my
taste, and such a one as I certainly would not accept again; but I was
determined to make no difficultiesLord Ravenshaw and the duke
had appropriated the only two characters worth playing before I
reached Ecclesford; and though Lord Ravenshaw offered to resign
his to me, it was impossible to take it, you knowI was sorry for him
that he should have so mistaken his powers, for he was no more
equal to the Baron?a little man with a weak voice, always hoarse
after the first ten minutesIt must have injured the piece materially;
but I was resolved to make no difficultiesSir Henry thought the
duke not equal to Frederick, but that was because Sir Henry wanted
the part himself; whereas it was certainly in the best hands of the
twoI was surprised to see Sir Henry such a stickLuckily the strength
of the piece did not depend upon himOur Agatha was inimitable,
and the duke was thought very great by manyAnd upon the whole,
it would certainly have gone off wonderfully
?It was a hard case, upon my word?; and, ?I do think you were
very much to be pitied,? were the kind responses of listening sympathy
?It is not worth complaining about; but to be sure the poor old
dowager could not have died at louis vuitton mahina a worse time; and it is impossible to
help wishing that the news could have been suppressed for just the
three days we wantedIt was but three days; and being only a grandmother,
and all happening two hundred miles off, I think there
would have been no great harm, and it was suggested, I know; but
Lord Ravenshaw, who I suppose is one of the most correct men in
England, would not hear of it
?An afterpiece instead of a comedy,? said Mr?Lovers?
Vows were at an end, and Lord and Lady Ravenshaw left to act My
Grandmother by themselvesWell, the jointure may comfort him;
and perhaps, between friends, he began to tremble for his credit
and his lungs in the Baron, and was not sorry to withdraw; and to
make you amends, Yates, I think we must raise a little theatre at
Mansfield, and ask you to be our manager
This, though the thought of the moment, did not end with the
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moment; for the inclination to act was awakened, and in no one
more strongly than in him who was now master of the house; and
who, having so much leisure as to make almost any novelty a certain
good, had likewise such a degree of lively talents and comic
taste, as were exactly adapted to the novelty of actingThe thought
returned again and again?Oh for the Ecclesford theatre and scenery
to try something with Each sister could c c purse echo the wish; and
Henry Crawford, to whom, in all the riot of his gratifications it was
yet an untasted pleasure, was quite alive at the idea?I really believe,?
said he, ?I could be fool enough at this moment to undertake
any character that ever was written, from Shylock or Richard III
down to the singing hero of a farce in his scarlet coat and cocked
hatI feel as if I could be anything or everything; as if I could rant
and storm, or sigh or cut capers, in any tragedy or comedy in the
English languageLet us be doing somethingBe it only half a play,
an act, a scene; what should prevent us? Not these countenances, I
am sure,? looking towards the Miss Bertrams; ?and for a theatre,
what signifies a theatre? We shall be only amusing ourselvesAny
room in this house might suffice
?We must have a curtain,? said Tom Bertram; ?a few yards of
green baize for a curtain, and perhaps that may be enough
?Oh, quite enough,? cried MrYates, ?with only just a side wing
or two run up, doors in flat, and three or four scenes to be let down;
nothing more would be necessary on such a plan as thisFor mere
amusement among ourselves we should want nothing more
?I believe we must be satisfied with less,? said Maria?There would
not be time, and other difficulties would ariseWe must rather adopt
MrCrawford?s views, and top chanel bags make the performance, not the theatre,
our objectMany parts of our best plays are independent of scenery
?Nay,? said Edmund, who began to listen with alarm?Let us do
nothing by halvesIf we are to act, let it be in a theatre completely
fitted up with pit, boxes, and gallery, and let us have a play entire
from beginning to end; so as it be a German play, no matter what,
with a good tricking, shifting afterpiece, and a figure-dance, and a
hornpipe, and a song between the actsIf we do not outdo Ecclesford,
we do nothing
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?Now, Edmund, do not be disagreeable,? said Julia?Nobody loves
a play better than you do, or can have gone much farther to see
one
?True, to see real acting, good hardened real acting; but I would
hardly walk from this room to the next to look at the raw efforts of
those who have not been bred to the trade: a set of gentlemen and
ladies, who have all the disadvantages of education and decorum to
struggle through
After a short pause, however, the subject still continued, and was
discussed with unabated eagerness, every one?s inclination increasing
by the discussion, and a knowledge of the inclination of the
rest; and though nothing was settled but that Tom Bertram would
prefer a comedy, and his sisters and Henry Crawford a tragedy, and
that nothing in the world tiffany diamond could be easier than to find a piece which
would please them all, the resolution to act something or other
seemed so decided as to make Edmund quite uncomfortableHe
was determined to prevent it, if possible, though his mother, who
equally heard the conversation which passed at table, did not evince
the least disapprobation
The same evening afforded him an opportunity of trying his
strengthMaria, Julia, Henry Crawford, and MrYates were in the
billiard-roomTom, returning from them into the drawing-room,
where Edmund was standing thoughtfully by the fire, while Lady
Bertram was on the sofa at a little distance, and -bleep- close beside
her arranging her work, thus began as he entered??Such a horribly
vile billiard-table as ours is not to be met with, I believe, above
groundI can stand it no longer, and I think, I may say, that nothing
shall ever tempt me to it again; but one good thing I have just
ascertained: it is the very room for a theatre, precisely the shape and
length for it; and the doors at the farther end, communicating with
each other, as they may be made to do in five minutes, by merely
moving the bookcase in my father?s room, is the very thing we could
have desired, if we had sat down to wish for it; and my father?s room
will be an excellent greenroomIt seems to join the billiard-room
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