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His eyes narrowed on my face, then nodded "Very well"

I swept past hi at my dead mother

Someday, he will know that she conquered hiland

17th of July, 1819

Istarted quite well I took a stroll across the grounds, overseeing lish countryside spread out aroundacross the blue sky above Not a drop of rain in sight Heavenly!

Despite the loveliness of the day, I slowly found hts became tormented as I walked toward the manor For nearly a year I have lived without the company of my family and thelad to be rid of his parents and sisters for such a long length of ti the family estate, but I am not that sort of ue of les of est sister and, of course, the ays of my sister, Glynis

It has been nearly ain Italy and preparing to leave for Buda Their diversion to Buda had been unexpected and was a disappointed their stay abroad But when h I am terribly fond of e is what she actually needs

I admit I am the only member of the family who does not find Glynis troublesorandiose ideas of a life of freedom from society’s restrictive ways, and I have always admired her desire to be treated as an equal to any entle creature in need of being cared for and protected Glynis will have none of that She has alanted to be acknowledged as an intelligent, opinionated individual in control of her own destiny Perhaps it is wrong for me to support my sister’s wild ideas, but I do think she is a ht

I miss all my family and I am quite desperate for them to return The house seehts I looked up to seetoward !"

She was beautiful with her brown curls bouncing and her face flushed as she ran towardher skirt up around her ankles

"Andrew, dearest, a letter arrived in the post It is frorin "At last word fro to worry"

She ran into ht "It was such a relief to see the letter Hurry and open it!"

I anxiously took the envelope and pried it open

Angeline drew close to"What does he say?"

I quickly read, an to chuckle as I read "It see in Buda Father caught her in a sitting roo pipe"

"Will your sister ever stop trying to be a ht

"She does not want to be a eline She just wants to have the power of a oes on and writes that Glynis has been behaving abominably in our mother’s eyes Evidently, May and Glynis were invited to join a riding party, and Glynis showed up in trousers, declaring that it is silly to wear a dress to ride a horse"

"Oh,her neck, but Father cale You know she always obeys Father He goes on to write that May is recovering fro better now Oh, this is interesting Father says that a Count Dracula has asked to court Glynis"

"A count? Really? A native of that land by the sound of the name"

"I think so Oh, yes, father writes that they are traveling to his country estate for a visit That is interesting It does sound rather serious You do not think they would leave Glynis as a bride in that country, do you?"

My wife pursed her lips as she considered the possibility "I do not know Yourher off"

"But it would not be right I would miss her dreadfully I never did like this whole concept of traveling the Continent to find her a husband" My brow furrowed "No, no I should not worry She will do so to horrify the Count and then they shall co to find your sister a proper husband," htful "Glynis has a mind of her own She is very opinionated I still remember how horrifiedto clip her hair short, all in attempt to sneak into the parlor wherea discussion about politics"

"She did that? How old was she?"

"It was about three years ago, so she was almost sixteen My sister is very odd at tio on and on about Lord Byron Do you know she hid away a copy of the New Monthly Magazine that had that horrible story by Lord Byron about a vampire? Yourladies should not be reading such things," Angeline said with a little laugh

"I thought Byron claimed he hadn’t written that story? That chap Polidori wrote it, I believe Butthan that is the fact that Glynis ht before the scandal of his adulterous affairs broke"

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