This week I'm posting a piece from my current work-in-progress, The Brides of Hawthorne Hall. It's a gothic romance set during the Regency era. In this scene the heroine's cousin, Lizzie, is planning to play the pianoforte for their guest, Colonel Hawthorne. Here goes:
“I’m getting the impression that she’s
not very keen to play,” Colonel Hawthorne whispered to me after Uncle Beecham
thought to lend assistance to the matter of his rebellious daughter.
I leaned over to watch the trio. I caught snatches of dialogue and discovered
that Lizzie feared not playing, but she wished to play Mozart and her
mother insisted she play Bach. I
couldn’t imagine her playing either without their guest running from the room,
clutching his ears in agony.
I leaned back in my seat and forced a
smile for their poor victim. “I’m sure
she’s just being modest.”
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Sounds like she should perhaps remain 'modest' and not play after all!
ReplyDeleteOoh, what a wicked little MC you have! Sounds like a fun book in the making!
ReplyDeletelol....love that snippet of humor. Nice Six :)
ReplyDeleteVery clever play of words, Tricia. Great six!
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot more going on here than meets the eye, I think.
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