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The girl that drowned.
She's "the girl that drowned". I am flipping through an old photo album, which is odd, because no one really has them any more. But I found one I made when I was a child. My own daughter had found it, and had been adding some of her photos to it. I picked it up and idly flicked through it... and suddenly there she is.
By L.C. Schäfer4 years ago in Chapters
Changeling Child - Part 13
Prologue Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 By some great fortune of luck and chance, Lady Catherine de Bough was absent when Anne led the way to the guest wing, footmen following in their wake with the trunks live oversized ducklings.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
Changeling Child - Part 12
Prologue Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy visited Longbourn again the following morning, and Mr Bingley took the opportunity to personally deliver an invitation to the long-awaited Netherfield Ball, as he had promised. Diarmait, who accompanied them, took the precaution of requesting Mary’s first and last set, and speaking to Papa to formally request a courtship.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
Changeling Child - Part 10
Prologue Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Mary picked out a simple melody, enough to keep her hands occupied and her sisters at a distance, as Diarmait paced. “I have suspected for some time that Wickham has been causing mischief with a greater plan in mind. What his final goal in this created conflict may be I cannot be sure, but he has been targeting the Border Estates."
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
Changeling Child - Part 9
Prologue Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 By some miracle of the Fates, Kitty and Lydia were so preoccupied with detailing their meeting with Mr Wickham that they completely forgot to mention Aunt Phillips’ actual guest except in passing. Mama’s eyes gleamed at the prospect of future gossip and a potentially-single gentleman, but she was happy to put that aside for the moment. There were Officers to talk of, after all.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
Changeling Child - Part 8
For those who first found the story on archiveofourown and wondering what happened to it: Someone reported the story as breaking the rules around promotion, resulting in the story being taken down and me getting banned for a month. So, nothing from me on that front until next year.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
Changeling Child - Part 5
Prologue Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 The year Mary Bennet turned nineteen, Netherfield Park was let at last. Mary rarely paid attention to gossip until it became fact, in an often-vain attempt to sound sensible and avoid Lydia’s gloating when Mary was proven wrong. Nevertheless, she would have had to be deaf and blind not to know of the new arrivals, who were to take possession some time before Michaelmas. That explained the shopkeepers discussing whether or not to increase their wares from London, when Mary went to see if any new music was to be found.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
Snapshots of Life in Isolation
It’s Wednesday morning and I begin the day by dragging two 15lb weights to my living room floor. My cell phone rings just as I finish pushing the dining room chair to the central spot by the fireplace. It’s my personal trainer, all smiles and chipper. Her voice vibrates into my hand as she excitedly asks, “are you ready?"
By Christina Hunter4 years ago in Chapters
