gen_storyteller

It's the little 'throw away' lines that make this opening chapter so delicious, skillfully fleshing out a character of whom we had only the merest glimpse. The only things growing on the estate are the trees certainly the love that had been promised to follow her marriage never grew!

One twit, whose name escaped her, had even written reams of poetry about her many virtues.
Self-centred and status-conscious Cecily was no different from many young women of her station whose thoughtless prejudices and remarks could have such devastating effects on others.

Thanks for bringing it over - and welcome to the community.