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Tweak says, "I said, you talkin' to me?"

Effie (lacemaker) wrote in lechance,
@ 2009-01-13 09:12:00

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effie gallehawk, hattie palmer

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Effie was taking advantage of the warm weather, and sitting out on the porch of the house with her pillow on her lap. Her feet were tucked up on a stool, as she still had lingering nerves about whatever those metal skittering things had been returning, and she was certain those had been responsible for the damage to her threads. Such a little thing, in appearance, but so much to her. The box of threads was at her side, another box of bobbins next to it, and she was trying to wind pairs to start the next pattern.

Trying. The thread came to an abrupt end again, and she swore fervently, very Glaswegian and thoroughly unladylike, before glancing up and blushing hard, eyes widening as she caught sight of the person passing on the street. "Oh, I'm that sorry, ye'll forgive me, please, for saying such?"

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	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-17 10:44 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, yes! That would be where I'd heard his name, then - when the Banns were called. Well, he should certainly be invited, then! Who else? Oh, well, I'll just put on the invitation that anyone can bring a friend, that'll solve the problem of anyone I forget or don't know!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-17 11:13 am UTC (link)
	"Ye might get a great many people that way," Effie warned. "Though twill serve to be sure everyone has someone they can talk with?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-17 11:36 am UTC (link)
	"Mmmm." Hattie thought a moment. "Well, maybe I'll just ask people to let me know if they're bringing someone, to make sure they can all fit in our house!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-17 12:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye, that would work," Effie agreed, "and then ye'd have track of it all." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-18 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, I think I'll do that, then." She shivered excitedly. "Oooh, this is going to be fun!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-18 04:23 am UTC (link)
	"Usually I'd say tis something to look forward to in the winter dark, but, well." Effie gestured at the brightness of the day, and hitched off the thread, picking up another bobbin. "Tis not like home, nor like Boston. I canna tell if tis ever cold here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-18 04:27 am UTC (link)
	"Well, there are still more hours of darkness, aren't there?" Hattie said reasonably. "But yes. It's certainly a lot better for the spirits here, with so much warmth and sunshine!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-18 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, aye," she said doubtfully. "Tis still dark, but...I canna recall the last time it rained." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-18 04:44 am UTC (link)
	Hattie screwed up her face. "I don't think it does rain so much here, though, does it? Isn't that why there's all that desert out to the east?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-18 05:39 am UTC (link)
	"If it doesnae rain, though, how will the crops grow?" A Scots lass was very familiar with the relationship between Glasgow's plentiful rainfall and cheap goods at market. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-18 05:51 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know. I suppose we'd have to ask someone who's been here a bit longer, or came from not so far away. I'm afraid plants aren't really something I know much about. It's a little worrying, though, isn't it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-18 06:00 am UTC (link)
	Effie bit her lip, and shook her head. "I dinna know enough about the place, I spery I should hae asked more but it was such a chance, I couldna refuse it." And didn't regret that she'd accepted, even with the oddness going on, since Lechance had brought her a husband, a home and, god willing, a child. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-18 06:18 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, I think that's the same for all of us," Hattie admitted. "I'm glad I came, though. I'd never had met Delphina if I hadn't - and all my other friends here, like you!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-18 07:52 am UTC (link)
	"And I wouldnae hae Jonathan," Effie agreed softly. "Tis worlds away." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-18 07:56 am UTC (link)
	Hattie smiled fondly. "I'm so glad you're happy with him. He seems just right for you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-18 08:08 am UTC (link)
	"He's wonderful," she said, without hesitation. "Absolutely grand." She paused, laying down her bobbins. "Hattie, can I tell ye a thing?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-18 08:21 am UTC (link)
	"Of course you can!" Hattie assured her, laying a hand on Effie's. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-19 02:45 am UTC (link)
	Effie smiled, and turned her hand to take hold of Hattie's. "We're to have a bairn," she confided softly. "In the summer, I'm thinking, though the doctor hasnae yet confirmed it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-19 04:51 am UTC (link)
	Hattie's eyes widened to huge circles. "Really? Truly? Oh, Effie! That's wonderful!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-19 04:57 am UTC (link)
	"Truly," Effie confirmed, laughing and blushing. First she'd told anyone, and it just made it more real. "We were going to wait but, well. Seems tis easier to than not to, and Jonathan is so happy." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-19 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sure he is! Congratulations to you both! Oh, goodness! This is such exciting news! In the summer, you say?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-19 05:06 am UTC (link)
	"Aye." Effie nodded, biting her lip on the smile that she simply couldn't control. "I wasnae sure but tis two months now and that means July or August, I'm thinking?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-19 05:08 am UTC (link)
	Hattie did some rapid calculations. "Goodness, you two certainly didn't waste any time, did you?" She squeezed Effie's hand. "Is there anything I can do? You will let me know if there is, won't you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lacemaker
2009-01-19 05:17 am UTC (link)

Effie blushed dark red at Hattie's comments about time, and rested her free hand on the bobbins, rolling the beads of the spangles nervously. "Tis God's will on the timing, I'm thinking, not ours." Though she'd certainly found great happiness in Jonathan's bed and arms... "Tis nature's way, that bairns often follow on the bedding." At least, between a man and a woman, from all she'd seen growing up, married or not.

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	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-19 05:20 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, please don't be embarrassed!" Hattie begged. "I'm sorry, I spoke without thinking. It was not - it wasn't meant to be a criticism. I think it's wonderful! And you will be such fantastic parents." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)