"N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", by Gratiana Lovelace (2013-2014) (Done)

Ch. 56 (PG-13): Returning to Scotland Brings Surprises and Joy!

"N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", Ch. 56 (PG-13):  Returning to Scotland Brings Surprises and Joy!  May 13, 2014 Gratiana Lovelace 

(An original fan fiction copyrighted by Gratiana Lovelace;   All rights reserved; Based on the Elizabeth Gaskell novel, North & South and its  2004 BBC adaptation; No copyright infringement intended)

[I will illustrate my story using my dream cast from the 2004 BBC production of "North & South" and other actors for additional characters:   Richard Armitage for John Thornton, Daniela Denby-Ashe for Margaret Hale, Lesley Manville for Mrs. Maria Hale,  Tim Pigott-Smith for Mr. Richard Hale, Sinead Cusack for Mrs. Hannah Thornton Ogilvy, Jo Joyner for Fiona/Fanny Thornton Ogilvy, Brendan Coyle for Nicholas Higgins, Graham McTavish as Dr. Cameron Ogilvy, Holliday Grainger for Angharad Ogilvy MacIntosh, Simon Woods for Baird Ogilvy, and Emma Ashton as Mrs. Dillard, John Light as Henry Lennox, Tim Faraday as Watson, Gillian Anderson at Carlotta Quint Watson, and Jeremy Northam as Dr. Miles Houghton, etc] [(1) story logo, top right] 

Author's Mature Content Note:  "N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons" is a story with mature themes of love and relationships set within a period drama of the 1850's and beyond.  As such there will be heartfelt moments of love and sensuality (S)--as well as other dramatic emotions, including some violence (V)--and I will rate those chapters accordingly.  If you are unable or unwilling to attend a movie with the ratings that I provide, then please do not read that chapter.  This is my disclaimer.

Author's Recap from the previous chapter:  The previously much pampered Fiona Thornton Ogilvy received a crash course in managing a household while she and her new husband Baird Ogilvy are staying with his sister Angharad Ogilvy MacIntosh while Baird's townhouse is being renovated for them.  Fiona's complete lack of knowledge about how anything works puts her at the mercy of Angharad's staff--who were given carte blanche to test Fiona.  Happily Fiona's husband knew just how to soothe his stressed out wife. Fiona will have more wifely, lady of the manor lessons to prepare her for running their own home. 

"N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", Ch. 56 (PG-13):  Returning to Scotland Brings Surprises and Joy! 

With Hannah and Cameron Ogilvy finally having all of their guests returned home to Scotland or London the first week in May--Fiona and Baird headed to London--they enjoyed some unscheduled and unhurried private time in their newly renovated Milton apartments above Cameron's medical practice. 

Hannah and Cameron also hope to ease the Dillard family's transition to moving to Angus Scotland for the new Ogilvy-Thornton Scottish Mills project by being in Scotland when they arrive.  Normally as the experienced Master of Marlborough Mills, it would be John Thornton's purview to oversee selements of the new Scottish Mills' establishment.  But John does not feel that Margaret should travel with her being almost seven months pregnant now--and he will not leave her behind in Milton.  So it will fall to Hannah and Cameron to travel to Scotland on May 12th to attend to the mill and such.  And they are not alone. 

Lord Jamie and Lady Thistle Ogilvy and their children nine year old Viscount Hamish and five year old Lady Blythe have been back home at their estates in Angus, Scotland from their trek to Baird Ogilvy's wedding to Fiona Thornton in Milton for about a week.  And as the tender and caring Mama Thistle suspected, Blythe greatly misses her new little friend, four year old Lissa Dillard--but Blythe is grateful to have her friend's dolly Betsy as a comfort.  And Blythe takes the dolly with her everywhere.  So, when Jamie, Thistle and their children wait patiently at the Angus, Scotland train station to greet the returning Lord Airlie Cameron Ogilvy and his Countess Hannah Lady Airlie, they receive an additional welcome surprise.