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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 19h

#Sanditon

Miss Heywood, Miss Lambe.

Lady Denham.

Lady Babington.

I understand you are behind this
sugar boycott, Miss Lambe.

I take it you won't be
joining us.

Life affords few enough
pleasures as it is.

Forgive me, my lady.

I'd forgotten you lived a life
of such deprivation.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 22h

#Sanditon

Neither Fuchs nor any doctor
I have consulted can help me.

Fuchs sounds positively rational
besides this charlatan.

And you went to her house?

She is no charlatan.

Mrs. Potter has assisted

many women.

And if nothing else,
she has given me hope.

What do I have to lose?

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 2d

#Sanditon

Gaining ground is my vocation,
Miss Heywood.

We shall form a battle strategy
before the night is out.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 2d

#Sanditon

You don't look quite as excited as your sister.

But then, who does?

I confess I am strangely apprehensive.

The last time I danced
in Sanditon...

Was with Sidney.

You must try to put that
from your mind.

We're going to enjoy
ourselves tonight.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 2d

#Sanditon

One magnifying glass.

Which I shall need back.

Thank you.

We're being malacologists.

Would you like to see
our other specimens?

Tempting as that is,

I shall have to decline.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 2d

#Sanditon

Can we really make a home
for the water snails?

Of course.

Now, if we could find
a magnifying glass...

I suspect there is one
in your father's study.

Oh! Miss Colbourne!

Leonora,
it is customary to knock.

What is so urgent?

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 3d

#Sanditon

Do not move!

Please!

I only have
a silk handkerchief.

Fear not, Mr. Parker.

I could not resist such a
peaceful subject.

Then I am honored, sir.

Honored.

...

I should very much like
to paint your friend Miss Lambe.

But I fear she's taken
against me.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 3d

#Sanditon

Is she still alive,
your mother?

Yes, she is.

I don't miss mine,
before you ask.

...

She died when I was a baby.

You must miss her a little.

You can't miss
what you never had.

Of course you can.

For example, Miss Heywood misses
the husband she doesn't have.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 3d

#Sanditon

Look, there's another one!

Well done, Miss Colbourne.

And what do we do with
our specimens, Miss Heywood?

We shall examine them,
like malacologists.

This silly dress!

I wish I could wear
my short britches.

They would be rather more
practical.

Father says
it's unladylike.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 3d

#Sanditon

Miss Heywood, you are to attend the mess dinner?

I would not miss it for the world.

Then I might be so bold as to request the first dance of the evening.
...
I must insist you ladies leave the camp.
...

Really, sir, have you no heart at all?
None.

Just a cold, hard rock in its place.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 3d

#Sanditon

Are you sure this is wise,
Miss Lambe?

Or appropriate?

I have had my fill
of being told

what is and isn't
appropriate.

...

Miss Heywood?

Ladies, this is no place
for a young woman.

Let them stay a moment,
Fraser.

I am unharmed.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 3d

#Sanditon

Sidney?

Our dear departed brother.

It was he that secured
Sanditon's future.

What a fine legacy,
Mr. Parker.

Thank you, sir.

Were Sidney here,
I am sure that you and he

would find much in common.

Some things.

Perhaps.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 13d

#Sanditon

The Theatre Royal Sanditon!

It, it is a wonderful idea,
brother.

Hm? Oh...

But this would
require

a great deal of investment
and we cannot afford to gamble.

Speculators speculate!

That's what you have always
said.

Yes, that does sound like me.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 13d

#Sanditon

Lady Babington!

You appear to be
our sole congregant for matins!

...

But I am a Christian woman,
with Christian feeling,

and recognize when another
of my sex is in need.

Thank you.

I am in no need
of your charity.

It is not charity
I am offering.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 14d

It's so dreamy.

a young woman with long hair is sitting in a classroom with a map on the wall behind her .

ALT: a young woman with long hair is sitting in a classroom with a map on the wall behind her .

media.tenor.com

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 14d

#Sanditon

Miss Markham's work,
I assume?

She is very... adept.

On the contrary.

I see several
dropped stitches.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 14d

#Sanditon

Esther.

Forgive me, I didn't expect
to find you here.

On the promenade
or in Sanditon?

Either, if I'm honest.

And yet does it not feel like
fate that we should both

find ourselves back here
at the same time?

Fate played no part in this.

It's all a contrivance.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 14d

#Sanditon

Do not give up.

See what I have made
just for Miss Heywood.

I do hope I have spelt
"spinster" right.

You see it is not a word

I am particularly
familiar with.

Nor am I ever likely to be.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 18d

#Sanditon

Ouch!

Damn these needles!

Miss Colbourne.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 21d

#Sanditon

Miss Heywood.

Yes, Miss Markham?

It is Miss Heywood,
isn't it?

Yes.

Uh, then you are
not married?

No.

Nor have you ever been?

No.

Then how is that you are
to ready me for a life
which you yourself
have quite roundly failed in?

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 21d

#Sanditon

I've already worn Charlotte's good dress

I will gladly lend you one of mine

You are a true friend!

I wish it was Captain Carter that had called.

How am I to endure an entire day without seeing his face?

I saw a pretty hat this morning.

Perhaps you'd like to come
and see it with me?

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 21d

#Sanditon

Captain Carter
sends his regards

and regrets he is unable
to call in person.

Captain Carter?

Is he the soldier
from the beach?

Young, handsome?

He is young.

And it's not for me
to say if he is handsome.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 22d

#Sanditon

He is approaching the house
in his uniform!

Who?

The soldier who saved me
from certain death!

I do not even know his name.

Oh, it is you?

Oh, a pleasure to see you, too,
Miss Heywood.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 23d

#Sanditon

Ladies.

Mr. Lockhart.

Why such a solemn demeanor
on this fine day, Miss Lambe?

I was in a positively joyous
mood, Mr. Lockhart,

until I saw you.

Then I shall leave you to it,

for fear of spoiling your mood
any further.

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Daily Sanditon @dailysanditon.bsky.social · 23d

#Sanditon

She's a disgrace!

You must try and be a little
more restrained, my dear.

...

Why are you so desperate
to see me married?

Society is not as kind
or as welcoming

as one would hope, Georgiana.

As you know only too well.

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