Summerview Park IC

Thank you to everyone who helped make my eighteenth birthday so very special this past Saturday. It is a day I will not forget for years to come.

OOC: following the May 24th plot-if you attended the tea in the Green parlor. Feel free to have your character respond 'truth dosed'!

Oh la! I find myself positively unable to keep to myself some thoughts! I don't know what happened, but as soon as I sat in my room I felt COMPELLED to write, and the thought most on my mind was how very handsome so many of our number at Summerview are indeed!

So, without any ado, here is Lydia Bennet's most handsome men of Summerview Park:

At number 5 is Henry Crawford. Mr. Crawford has a handsome smile and is very charming indeed! However, while his person is quite fine and he dresses very well, he lacks the adventurous nature of other men that prevent him from being quite so dashing.

Number 4 is the imposing but quite handsome Sidney Parker. Mr. Parker is a new arrival and I have yet to spend much time with him, but from afar he seems a little bit more closed off than other members of the top of the list, and this perhaps detracts from his good looks.

Number 3 is Captain Frederick Wentworth. It should go without saying, but he is both very kind and very dashing and an excellent dancer. Captain Wentworth had adventures on the high seas and has many interesting stories so that just completely adds to his appeal. Dashing!

Number 2, and this was hard, is Captain Martin Denny. I have known Denny for some time and he is not only handsome but kind and affable and easy to talk to. He's always up for a laugh and is perhaps the best dancer I have ever encountered. He is truly a delight, and yes, what a handsome figure he cuts in his regimentals!

Finally that leaves us with Number 1, Mr. George Wickham! Mr. Wickham is truly the whole package, from his handsome face, his friendly and open manners, his quick wit and fine person, all of which make him truly the star of Summerview and any place that is fortunate enough for him to grace it.

Now, all the guests here are very fine and I mean no disrespect to any not in the top. This is just from my head and after tea today could not help but to share! Do say all, who do you think are the most attractive?? I am curious your thoughts!!

Knowing well that she does not wish to be mentioned in such communiques, I am writing this here with full knowledge and agreement of Miss Bennet.

Prior to Saturday evening's ball, we had not made any plans to dance together in excess. Indeed, though I did pen my own name to Miss Bennet's dance card for the first two turns of the evening, I did not claim anything more than that. I was even witness to Mr Henry Crawford claiming a turn of his own, but by the time music had begun and couples taken their places, we once more found ourselves across from one another, quite without intending to be.

In one round, Miss Bennet and I both attempted to abstain from the dancing entirely, with each of us taking up separate places at the refreshment table. But, again, the same outcome was unintentionally achieved.

While this was most assuredly an unkind trick from our Hostess, I implore you all not to allow such events to color the reputation of Miss Bennet, who has certainly done nothing to earn any ill judgment.

Who: Marianne Dashwood, Georgiana Darcy, Anton Stone
What: A tempest in the Music Room
When: May 10
Where: Summerview Music Room

( Does he think no one else cares to play? )