pearls-and-petticoats: London - April, 1888The formal dinners, the nobility, the poor weather and th
pearls-and-petticoats: London - April, 1888The formal dinners, the nobility, the poor weather and the repression of feelings. Cora couldn’t help but feel like a regular fish out of water in London. She had been in the capital for two months, her mother was adamant she would marry into nobility but Cora had yet to meet a noble who didn’t bore her to tears. It felt as though every evening she was trust us like a turkey and thrown to the mercy of British nobility. Nevertheless, despite her mother’s ambitions, Cora was determined to marry for love. Or at least, she hoped to. -- source link