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A Matter of Duty

by LovelyMay — A Matter of Duty opens with Mr. Carter being beckoned by Lady Mickleham, newly returned from her honeymoon and eager to confide in someone familiar. She is learning the complexities of married life, particularly those involving her husband Archie's family, whose strong personalities come wrapped in polite expectations. Dolly shares her struggle with their traditions—many outdated, some peculiar—and the pressure to adapt while maintaining her own individuality. The dowager, in particular, overwhelms her…
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A Liberal Education

by LovelyMay — A Liberal Education opens with Dolly Foster observing Phil Meadows, now a polished member of society, pass her by on the Row without the slightest nod of recognition. This moment stirs a reflective irritation in her, as she recounts to Mr. Carter how, just a few years earlier, he was a socially awkward and hopeless figure. Meadows once carried an unrolled umbrella and a brown paper parcel, wore ill-fitting clothes, and approached life with a sense of grim earnestness. He neither smoked nor drank, and his…
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