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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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	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)

	lacemaker 2009-01-19 05:38 am UTC (link)
	"Tis no' a thing we can be choosing the timing of," Effie said softly. Save for abstaining and, oh, she was not wanting that. "No' matter what the contract might be saying." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-19 05:42 am UTC (link)
	"I know that. I - oh, Effie, I really didn't mean to offend you!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-19 05:52 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, ye didna," Effie assured her. "Truly. Only I know 'tis soon, and...I havena family nearby." Very soon, and she didn't like the thought of people gossiping about how soon, and even if her family was close, then, well, she wasn't sure how much help Catherine would be. After all, Catherine hadn't children of her own yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-19 07:48 am UTC (link)
	"Oh." Hattie finally realised why Effie was upset. "I'm sure no-one who knows you would think badly of you!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-19 07:54 am UTC (link)
	"There isna a great many folk who do know me," Effie pointed out. "I dinna mean to upset ye, Hattie, for truth." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-19 07:57 am UTC (link)
	Hattie smiled ruefully. "I'm only upset because I upset you! I'm sorry, Effie. Though actually, I think a fair few folk know you through your trade, even if not personally. They won't think badly of you, I'm sure!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-19 03:30 pm UTC (link)
	"I dinna think they'd dare," she said, with perfect honesty. "Jonathan wouldna let them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-20 03:49 am UTC (link)
	"Of course he wouldn't!" Hattie declared loyally. She patted Effie's hand. "You'll be fine." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-20 07:03 am UTC (link)
	Effie nodded, and looked down at Hattie's hand, biting her lip. "I'm frit, Hattie," she confessed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-20 07:42 am UTC (link)
	Instantly, Hattie was all protective and motherly. "Frightened?" she cried. "Oh, Effie - what of?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-20 07:47 am UTC (link)
	Oh, stars, where to even start. "Tis so much. So much than can go astray, and then...hae ye seen a birthing?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-20 07:48 am UTC (link)
	"No, I haven't, I'm afraid. I know there are things that can go wrong, but... Effie, Mr Ibis will look after you! And the doctor too!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-21 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	"I have," she said, a little blankly. "I didna grow up with wealth, and there was always some woman in the tenements..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-22 01:38 pm UTC (link)
	Hattie winced very faintly. "I'm afraid my childhood was rather different. We were much further from our neighbours and I've never been close to anyone who was having a baby." She squeezed Effie's hand. "Was it... Was it often bad?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-22 03:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Twas very loud," she confessed, gripping Hattie's hand firmly. "We had...there was a family to each tenement, and lucky if we had two rooms. Everyone knew each other." Whether they liked it or not. "Tis much quieter here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-22 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Goodness," Hattie said, rather blankly. "It must have been a godsend for you, being invited to LeChance!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-23 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"I didna come direct," she explained. "My sister was matched, and we pooled our savings... lace sells better here than at home, and there was a dressmaker I'd had business with in Boston." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_homemaker813 2009-01-25 02:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh yes, I'd forgotten that. You did tell me! Is your sister still in Boston?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacemaker 2009-01-26 02:12 am UTC (link)
	Effie shook her hand, hands folded together in her lap. "Catherine is still in Glasgow, wi' John James. Are your family still in..." she paused, frowning, trying to remember, "Hertfordshire?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)