"N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", Ch. 61 (PG-13): The Angus Scotland Highland Games Open, June 01, 2014 Gratiana Lovelace
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[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, Jeremy Northam as Dr. Miles Houghton, and Gerard Butler as Lord Jamie Ogilvy, 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. As such there will be heartfelt moments of love and sensuality (S)--as well as other dramatic emotions (D), 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: Getting the new weaving looms installed in the new Ogilvy-Thornton Scottish Mills took much of John Thornton's and the other family men's time. But as a precursor to the Highland Games, John practiced his archery skills--which had been non-existent up until then. But the unexpected and troubling news John received came from Cameron as physician to John's pregnant wife Margaret--with him telling John that Margaret is nine months pregnant and her large size might necessitate a dangerous cesarean operation. John was beside himself with worry. But Ogilvy cousin Lord Jamie Ogilvy confided in John about his and his wife Thistle's middle child who died during labor--and that it was only the birth of their young daughter Blythe that helped them find joy in life again. John listened to Jamie's tale with reverence and humility--turning to console Jamie, even as John realized that what vagaries of fate cannot be predicted cannot dampen their present joy about his and Margaret's baby's impending birth. Though John refrained from worrying Margaret with Thistle's pregnancy difficulties, John still worries.
"N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", Ch. 61 (PG-13): The Angus Scotland Highland Games Open
The Angus, Scotland [(2a)] Highland Games[(2b)] Season Opener from Friday June 20th to Sunday June 22nd, 1851 includes teams from the surrounding region, is being held on Cameron Ogilvy Lord Airlie's Airlie Estates that are situated just to the South of the Angus Glens at the beginning of the gentle hills stretching to the city of Dundee. There will be an opening Welcome Ceremony lead by [Dr. Cameron Ogilvy] Lord Ogilvy, his Countess Hannah [Lady Ogilvy], and their families. Then a parade of all the teams from Airlie Village (adjacent to the Airlie Estate), Dundee, and Strathmore, etc., will culminate in an explosive start to the games.
But first, there is a tiara crisis to be averted. When Lady Angharad Ogilvy MacIntosh and Lady Thistle MacLaren Ogilvy arrive with their families at Airlie Castle for a quick Friday morning family breakfast before the Highland Games Welcoming Ceremony festivities begin, upon their heads rest the problems. For upon Angharad's and Thistle's heads sit lovely daytime casual tiaras. And when Lady Fiona Ogilvy sees their hair finery, her patience in waiting for her own tiara selection is at an end as she whines cutely to her husband Laird Baird Ogilvy.
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"N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", by Gratiana Lovelace (2013-2014) (Done)
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