Sorrows and prayers, sweetling. Perhaps she’ll have better luck with Amanda. She’s keen on the idea of marriage (don’t let Phillip hear it, he’ll have a stroke).

Gently squeezing Penelope’s hand, she loops it with her own, walking to the terrace to observe the children playing on the lawn. “We never imagined this for ourselves, did we? Us two spinsters… feels like a lifetime ago.”

The idea makes her heart churn. She’s not ready for any of her children (born or not) to marry and leave the nest. It won’t be home without them.

Selective hearing. Imagine that. Was she this insufferable under her mother’s care? If so, she’ll start penning her apologies.

a modern portrayal of penelope featherington for the bridgerton verse. commissioning editor. nameless blogger behind “ 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 ”. in love with her best friend’s brother. mature themes apply. 𝐦𝐝𝐧𝐢.

Is that her sweet nephew? An arm wraps around C̶H̶A̶R̶L̶E̶S̶ ̶B̶R̶I̶D̶G̶E̶R̶T̶O̶N̶.’s shoulders as she guides him into Romney Hall, having his bags seen to his guest room. “We’re always happy to have you. Now, tell me all about this Ms. Abbott.” She says with a crooked smile.

Her arms drape over 𝑺𝒊𝒓 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑’s chest as he reads his book of scientific studies, peering at the page before leaning to kiss his temple. “Charles will be staying with us for a while until Benedict gets the acquired marriage license. You don’t mind, do you?”

… she doesn’t like the way she said that. How soon might she have to prepare?

“He is, yes. It needs to be expedited because he… impregnated this young lady, Ms. Abbott, so while she’s staying at My Cottage, Charles will be here with us.” She murmurs quietly, thumbs stroking the inseam of his vest.

( 𝑴𝒓 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒏 , Benedict Bridgerton , 𝕰𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞. , ‍ ‍ ‍ 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒 ‍ ‍ ┈ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ᴮ͟ᴿ͟ᴵ͟ᴰ͟ᴳ͟ᴱ͟ᴿ͟ᵀ͟ᴼ͟ᴺ , 　　　 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 　　 𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞． , Eloise Bridgerton. )

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