𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒅

𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑻𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑾𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑨𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑨𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒏. 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒂𝒈: #𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 #𝟷𝟾+ #𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑅𝑃 #𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑅𝑃

“You should not care about what others think of you. You should do something because you want to.” Lady Tilley replies, hopefully giving her some advice to reassure her.

No, you are not alone in that matter.

“Then live another? Make this lifetime count.” Lady Tilley suggests. “I do not see you at any of the married and widowed Lady’s of the Ton, soirées? You should come to one.”

“How do you think you will disappoint your future wife?” Lady Tilley asks, “so if you do not marry a Lady, whom then shall you marry?” She asks.

“Then tell me what she has been through? Perhaps I will understand?” Lady Tilley suggests.

“Ah. Well, there is nothing wrong with that.” Lady Tilley replies with a small smile.

What is there in Scotland, that you desire?

As do you and Lady Kilmartin.

“Yes. I, too, am a widow but I choose to embrace life and its fullness. I say, why do you do the opposite?” Tilley asks as boldly as usual.

“You are entitled to your opinion, dearest, but you are quite mistaken. You do have Ladies who would give their heart to you and so they should. Why do you say you are not the one?”

Let us start with one. Perhaps what it is you might want in the romantic sense?

Ah, so now we are getting somewhere. Is this in relation to what you would want in life, in general? Or in the romantic sense?

You are going to need to unpack what it is you mean about ‘everything’? Perhaps you should also accept help?

What is it that you feel you need to figure out?

So then change your strategy, as what you have been doing is not working as you expected is it?

Why should you deal with it yourself? It would be much healthier for you if you spoke aloud about this. So speak?

I think you and I both know that there is something troubling you, which was why you made the comment. Am I right?

As expected to what, Mr Bridgerton?

“You simply do not seem happy right now, that is all.” Tilley said with a slightly raised eyebrow.

“No? That is good to hear. It is just that you did speak of needing a drink?” Tilley said with a small smile.