An Official Ball in the Strasbourg Theater, 1805 (Francois Courboin)
François Courboin [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons
I imagine the woman on the right as Mrs. Salter trying to look regal and above everyone.
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Wes, who had only just finished his set of dances with Kitty and was making a tour of the ballroom before taking his leave to find his father and Richard in the card room, took a step closer to Mrs. Salter and the biddy the woman had been talking to at Almack’s when he first heard the name Lydia Bennet.
“And that is precisely why you do not want a second son as a match. Their livelihood is so tenuous.” Mrs. Salter lifted her chin and, as she waved her fan in front of her face, surveyed the ballroom with a regal air. “I have pointed out his brother the viscount to my Florence.” She smirked at her friend. “If that bit of fluff who was on his arm earlier can entice him to dance with her, I see no reason why my Florence cannot do so as well.”
[from Persuading Miss Mary, Marrying Elizabeth book 4]
Leenie Brown fell in love with Jane Austen's works when she first read Sense and Sensibility followed immediately by Pride and Prejudice in her early teens. As the second of five daughters and an avid reader, she has always loved to see where her imagination takes her and to play with and write about the characters she meets along the way. In 2013, these two loves collided when she stumbled upon the world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction. A year later, in 2014, she began writing her own Austen-inspired stories and began publishing them in 2015. Leenie lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her two teenage boys and her very own Mr. Brown (a wonderful mix of all the best of Darcy, Bingley and Edmund with healthy dose of the teasing Mr. Tillney and just a dash of the scolding Mr. Knightley).
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6 thoughts on “An Official Ball in the Strasbourg Theater, 1805 (Francois Courboin)”
Oh, the foolish, foolish woman. Not only did she trash Lydia and Richard [in his hearing] she also trashed Mary. Oh, it is on NOW!! That woman is in for a RUDE awakening. Wes will not let this go without being addressed. Man… I can’t wait to see what he does. Her Florence should RUN and run far. I wouldn’t want to be standing near either of them. Whew! What fun. I can’t wait. Great picture choice… and wearing purple to boot.
Oh, no, he is not about to let this one pass without a few words. And Mrs. S is not smart enough to keep her mouth shut.
Mrs. Salter is definitely above her company. Wes is going to let her have it.
Yes, he most certainly is
WE—L-L-L-L…. Just go ahead and use those unsheathed claws to scratch/dig your own grave, Mrs. S. Bwahahaha….
Oh, the foolish, foolish woman. Not only did she trash Lydia and Richard [in his hearing] she also trashed Mary. Oh, it is on NOW!! That woman is in for a RUDE awakening. Wes will not let this go without being addressed. Man… I can’t wait to see what he does. Her Florence should RUN and run far. I wouldn’t want to be standing near either of them. Whew! What fun. I can’t wait. Great picture choice… and wearing purple to boot.
Oh, no, he is not about to let this one pass without a few words. And Mrs. S is not smart enough to keep her mouth shut.
Mrs. Salter is definitely above her company. Wes is going to let her have it.
Yes, he most certainly is
WE—L-L-L-L…. Just go ahead and use those unsheathed claws to scratch/dig your own grave, Mrs. S. Bwahahaha….
Exactly 😀