"So, why are you going to my Castle", Lady Elizabeth Thorpe asked in a stern voice.
"I was told by your daughter, Lady Margaret, that I would be married to her. But, as I left my family in Dundee, Scotland, I've arrived in Ireland to see that the marriage is not going ahead. And that Lady Emily Thorpe is scared of you because she-", Rory Douglass begun.
"I know who my daughters will see...And marry. My husband, Lord Elric Thorpe, is in London town. Now, since you're worthy of being here, you can leave". Lady Elizabeth Thorpe said.
"Lady Emily Thorpe has kindly given me a home here M'Lady. And I shall take her up on the offer of board". Rory Douglass smiled, as he stared at Lady Margaret Thorpe, who had had a sullen look on her face...just like her Mother years' earlier before she got married.
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Thorpe Hall-The Thorpe Family Saga (Book One)
Historical FictionIn Ireland, 1813, Lady Emily Thorpe, (pictured on the book cover), the youngest daughter of the rich Thorpe Family, struggles to find the right suitor for marriage when she comes of age at 18. But when Rory Douglass arrives to wed one of Lady Emily'...
