#wallflowred

[hgranville]

send me 🗣️ for incorrect quotes of our muses: henry & penelope ( @wallflowred )

[aleximedicusa]

𝙱𝚁𝙸𝙳𝙶𝙴𝚁𝚃𝙾𝙽 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂.  /  @wallflowred​.

you’ll have to dance, anwyl. it is expected. dr. barthélemy’s patience, evidently, was not quite so boundless in the ballroom as it was in the operating theatre. lewis couldn’t resent the man, he supposed — he was, after all, here as hippolyte’s guest, and if he made an arse of himself, it reflected just as badly on hippolyte as it did on lewis himself. the censure of the rest of the room was one thing, but his own mentor’s disappointment was infinitely more difficult to stomach. resolving, therefore, to do his best to make some effort, lewis hailed the attention of the first girl to meet his gaze. “ miss... featherington. ” he had forgotten the vast majority of the names he’d tried to remember this evening, but the featherington girls had all been dressed so garishly that it had been rather impossible not to remember them. “ would you, er— may i ask for this dance? ”

[o-3-relaxing-music]

Big stone in a clear blue river at Morkidsdalen park Skjolden Norway

[bridgrtons]

@wallflowred​    sent    a    letter:    ❝  i    think    the    human    heart    must    be    stronger    than    we    could    ever    imagine.  ❞

𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍    𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌    𝗇𝗈𝗍    𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽    𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾    𝖺    𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽    𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾,    𝗁𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀    𝗍𝗈    𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾    𝖺    𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀    𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾    𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍.    you    do    not    want    to    continue    thinking    about    it,    about    having    to    believe    something    that    you    cannot    see.    you    are    supposed    to    be    older    now,    no    longer    green    girls    who    are    going    around    trying    to    find    the    perfect    match.    after    so    long    on    the    fringes    of    society,    you    cannot    help    but    feel    a    little    bit    wary.    a    little    too    old    to    understand    matters    of    the    heart.    you    have    long    given    up,    deciding    that    being    a    spinster    is    what    suits    you    best.    you    believe    she    will    join    you    someday,    in    the    knowledge    that    being    alone    is    better    than    to    be    surrounded    by    men    who    do    not    care    about    your    thoughts    or    opinions.    that    would    be    fate    worse    than    death.    perhaps    she    will    join    you,    or    resent    you    for    the    rest    of    your    days    together    once    society    deems    that    you    are    longer    allowed    to    be    on    the    sidelines.    ❝    i    do    not    wish    to    believe    that.    nobody    should    have    to    think    of    that    way    try    and    understand    the    hardship    one    has    gone    to.    ❞

[bridgrtons]

@wallflowred​    sent     a    letter:    ❝  i’m    not    in    a    snit.  ❞

𝗒𝗈𝗎    𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗍    𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉    𝗍𝗁𝖾    𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍    𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄    𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍    𝗒𝗈𝗎    𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾    𝗁𝖾𝗋.    you    do    not    wish    to    push    her,    that    is    not    your    intention    at    all,    but    you    can    see    that    she    is    very    much    in    fact    in    a    snit.    you    know    that    it    is    not    her    fault,    not    completely.    cressida    cowper    has    a    way    of    getting    under    her    skin,    in    ways    that    you    do    not    fully    understand.    she    seems    like    she    is    waiting    for    you.    for    you    to    notice,    for    you    to    decided    that    penelope    featherington    was    no    longer    something    you    needed.    you    had    not    come    to    expect    that    she    would    actively    sabatoge    penelope.    that    she    would    make    everything    possible    to    have    the    eyes    on    her    instead    of    penelope    who    looked    absolutely    stunning    in    her    pink    gown.    you    take    her    arm    now,    trying    to    understand    where    she    is    coming    from,    ❝    perhaps    you    are    not,    but    should    we    still    make    our    leave?    mama    will    not    mind,    and    i    am    sure    that    i    could    convince    your    mother    that    it    is    better    for    us    to    leave    after    that...    debacle.    ❞

[nm-moved]

        “i lied and told him they were getting ready to bring   out another platter of chou à la crème.  it’s kept him standing by the pastries for the past two minutes or so.”  she nods towards the direction of the dessert table, chuckling at the sight of colin still lingering around it and clearly looking out for any servants approaching.  “now you don’t have to possibly listen to him and be bored to death about his time in greece and albania.  i’m certain you’ve heard enough from his letters,”  eloise says with a groan.  admittedly she was jealous of colin’s recent adventures, but the way he’s droned on and on about them has quickly begun to annoy her.  perhaps she would have found it less so if he could narrate his tales in a more engaging manner.  “you are welcome.”

@wallflowred​ !     starter call.

[aviscount]

@wallflowred​   sent:    “   everyone   is   talking   about   you   today.   ”

not   the   first   time   he’d   heard   it   today   ——   and   anthony   knew   that   he   would   be   the   talk   of   the   ton   now,   considering   that   all   of   society’s   ladies   knew   he   was   looking   to   get   married.   thanks,   mother!   still,   he’s   polite   and   turns   to   penelope,   smile   pulling   at   his   lips.    “   so   i’ve   heard.   ”    he   remarks,   turning   his   head   back   to   the   floor   (   he   takes   note   of   the   hopeful   ladies   who   perk   up   as   he   does   ——   was   this   truly   how   it   was   to   be   the   whole   season?   ).    “   perhaps   lady   whistledown   will   be   generous   and   this   whole   thing   will   be   over   quickly.   ”

[betweenthesinnersandthesaints]

“I do trust you, Pen,” Colin replied, his eyes growing serious as he looked at his friend in confusion. “What is going on? What is wrong?”

@wallflowred​ sent: “I just need you to trust me.” @ colin !