Introducing Merry and Sir Barnaby Part 1
As I did with Unmasking Miss Appleby, I'd like to introduce the hero and heroine of Resisting Miss Merryweather to you.
The hero: Sir Barnaby Ware, is a man who made a dreadful mistake two and a half years ago. As in really dreadful. And because of that mistake, his closest friendship was destroyed.
The heroine: Anne Merryweather (Merry), is the daughter of a noblewoman and a dancing master. Her father taught her to observe people's body language.
In this snippet, Merry and her cousin (Charlotte) are watching Barnaby and his former best friend (Marcus) talk for the first time since Sir Barnaby made his dreadful mistake. (And yes, Charlotte and Marcus are the hero and heroine of Unmasking Miss Appleby.)
So there you have it: a glimpse of Barnaby and Merry!
[Hero and heroine images courtesy of the Rijksmuseum collection of Public Domain images.]
The hero: Sir Barnaby Ware, is a man who made a dreadful mistake two and a half years ago. As in really dreadful. And because of that mistake, his closest friendship was destroyed.
The heroine: Anne Merryweather (Merry), is the daughter of a noblewoman and a dancing master. Her father taught her to observe people's body language.
In this snippet, Merry and her cousin (Charlotte) are watching Barnaby and his former best friend (Marcus) talk for the first time since Sir Barnaby made his dreadful mistake. (And yes, Charlotte and Marcus are the hero and heroine of Unmasking Miss Appleby.)
Outside, on the lawn, movement caught her eye. Marcus and Sir Barnaby came into view. Merry had seen hundreds of men walk into her father’s dancing studio, but none had looked as uncomfortable as Sir Barnaby did now. He held himself stiffly, tensely, as if trying not to hunch in on himself.
Marcus was tense, too, but his was an eager, hopeful tension. He was half-turned to Sir Barnaby, talking, gesturing towards the abbey.
Sir Barnaby listened with his head slightly lowered, slightly averted.
He can’t bring himself to meet Marcus’s eyes.
“They’re talking,” Charlotte said, a note of hope in her voice.
“Hmm,” Merry said. The difference between the man she’d seen dance at Vauxhall four years ago and the man now crossing the lawn was stark.
Her noncommittal response brought Charlotte’s head around. “What do you see?”
“I think . . . Sir Barnaby no longer believes that reconciliation is possible.”
So there you have it: a glimpse of Barnaby and Merry!
[Hero and heroine images courtesy of the Rijksmuseum collection of Public Domain images.]
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