Louisa has finally healed enough to go home to Uppercross… Louisa clutched at Captain Benwick’s hand while the luggage was being loaded onto the chaise, a tear coursing down each cheek. “What if my parents will not approve our marriage? I could not bear it!” The captain stroked her hand gently. “Do not worry my …
Louisa Musgrove is at the Harvilles little house in Lyme in an “interesting state.” During her slow recovery various members of her family come to town, but eventually they must go home… During the first week of Miss Louisa’s illness, Captain Benwick did his best to stay out of the way. The patient’s family was …
It had been several years since Captain Wentworth had visited his brother, who had been a curate in Monkford when then Commander Wentworth came to stay and met Anne Elliot. By the time Edward Wentworth saw his elder brother ride up to the front door of his modest parsonage he had indulged in close to …
The young people from Uppercross travel to Lyme to visit two of Captain Wentworth’s fellow officers. After a pleasant day, Captains Harville and Benwick send the guests off to their inn and sit down for a talk about their friends, new and old. Captain Harville tamped the tobacco down in his pipe, then lit a …
After her discussion of Captain Wentworth’s looks and charm with her sister Louisa, Henrietta realizes that she must decide to whom she should give her love, the captain, or her cousin Charles, who she is more than half promised to. Several days after her half-joking talk with her sister Louisa about Captain Wentworth, Henrietta Musgrove …
Louisa and Henrietta have spent the evening with Captain Wentworth at a family dinner… Louisa slowly brushed her hair out, the sugar-water her maid had applied to keep her unruly curls under control providing a battle, as it did every evening. When she finally finished deconstructing her ringlets and braided her hair for bed, Henrietta, …
Sir Walter Elliot, Miss Elliot, and Mrs. Clay have finally arrived in Bath, their new home, and sent the carriage horses back to Kellynch. They have found a lovely home in Camden Place… Mrs. Clay looked around her room in Camden Place with satisfaction. It was lofty and elegantly appointed…far, far more elegantly appointed than …
Lady Russell, after consulting with Anne, has come up with a plan for retrenchment for the Elliots and Mr. Shepherd sees an end to his problems… Mr. Shepherd was in a quandary. His primary employer, Sir Walter Elliot, was in dire financial straits and Mr. Shepherd’s hints about retrenchment had been to no avail. Sir …
Anne has been convinced by her family and Lady Russell that it would be foolish to marry Commander Wentworth. No matter how much she loves him, he is not established in his career and has only his naval pay and a little prize money to support her and any children they have. She has broken …
Frederick Wentworth was visiting his brother, a curate in Monkford, a parish near Kellynch Hall, when he was onshore between assignments in the Royal Navy when he met Anne Elliot, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, baronet. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ “Are you sure you don’t want to go to the Winterthorpe’s dinner, Frederick?” Edward Wentworth checked …
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