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[huntseric]

“there's not much one can see of oneself without a mirror”

[bobbole]

Sophy’s most ambitious flirtation occurred when she turned her amorous attentions to Ross, who was good-looking, popular and still unmarried. She threw herself at him in a flagrant attempt to break up his engagement to Ann Coulman, an ungracious move that earned a sniffy rebuke from Lady Franklin. Here, though, there may have been an ulterior motive, as Jane Franklin had herself fallen under Ross’ spell and was soon describing him as the ‘most handsome man in the navy’. Ross politely resisted Sophy’s clumsy advances, which created a tangled state of affairs at Government House. Crozier was sighing for Sophy and Sophy was yearning for Ross, while in the background a strait-laced Lady Franklin kept her mild infatuation with Ross under strict control.

Michael Smith, Capitan Francis Crozier: last man standing?

[thearmourwewear-blog]

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