There is no marriage proposal in this chapter, but there is a gentleman kneeling before a lady he loves, so this painting seems to fit. :)
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He pressed a handkerchief into her hand. “Oh, my love, I am so sorry,” he whispered. “I did not mean to hurt you. I never would. Well, that is not entirely true,” he smiled sheepishly. “I would not purposefully hurt you. I might out of ignorance.”
Mary’s quivering lips tipped up into a small smile. Even now, he was being honest with her.
“Which it appears I have done.” He was kneeling before her and held one of her hands.
[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 “Proposal (John Pettie)”
Lovely picture of a repentant lover!!
He does look like he’s trying to convince her, doesn’t he? 🙂
Love that painting! And that teensy tiny little teaser. sniff sniff Hankie please.
🙂 Glad you enjoyed both the painting and the teaser. I can imagine Wes looking at Mary like the guy in the painting during this portion of tomorrow’s chapter.
I cannot tell if the guy in the painting will get the happy answer he wants or not. She is looking away and not with a happy smile on her face. Reluctant for sure. Bless his heart.
Wes… oh, my… heavy sigh. I love this scene and can hardly wait to read the rest. I finally got my computer back. Whew! I feel like I am connected again. I actually had to read a paperback while I was down. Goodness. That felt strange. Plus, I needed a light in order to see as it got later in the evening. How did we manage back in the day? LOL!!
For me, back in the day, my eyes were stronger. LOL
You really can’t tell what this fellow’s fate is going to be. I like that question. I find it prompts all sorts of story possibilities.
Lovely picture of a repentant lover!!
He does look like he’s trying to convince her, doesn’t he? 🙂
Love that painting! And that teensy tiny little teaser. sniff sniff Hankie please.
🙂 Glad you enjoyed both the painting and the teaser. I can imagine Wes looking at Mary like the guy in the painting during this portion of tomorrow’s chapter.
I cannot tell if the guy in the painting will get the happy answer he wants or not. She is looking away and not with a happy smile on her face. Reluctant for sure. Bless his heart.
Wes… oh, my… heavy sigh. I love this scene and can hardly wait to read the rest. I finally got my computer back. Whew! I feel like I am connected again. I actually had to read a paperback while I was down. Goodness. That felt strange. Plus, I needed a light in order to see as it got later in the evening. How did we manage back in the day? LOL!!
For me, back in the day, my eyes were stronger. LOL
You really can’t tell what this fellow’s fate is going to be. I like that question. I find it prompts all sorts of story possibilities.