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[gramina]

For minutia_r's prompt, "Olivia Kouldelka's affair with Lady Donna, and picking things up where she left off with Lord (and then Count) Dono"

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A secret glance, a drifting touch, a hand
Too long on mine, a subtle clue I missed
Until she spoke out plain; until we kissed
I had no thought of any but a man.
That joy brought grief – I knew she still must take
A man to give her standing. She must wed
And build a life apart. We’d share a bed,
But not a life. There was no choice to make.

I never dreamed there’d be another path,
Another life, another choice, a fate
Known and unknown, changing, and still the same –
The mouth that quirks just so, the growing flame
In eyes that catch mine as the hour grows late:
To take this choice, I’ll dare the whole world’s wrath.

Comments

Re: Lovely, though not quite canon

[(Anonymous)]

Unmarried Donna would only have whatever money her brother specifically willed to her and Richars could probably contest even that if he wanted to make things difficult.

Donna has never had a salaried job. Getting a well paid one now would be very difficult unless it was by the patronage of a rich man and you can imagine how that would look.

I can see Olivia fascinated by this older woman. Nice little story.

Filceolaire

Re: Lovely, though not quite canon

[ollipop]

I'm sure that a fourth marriage could have been arranged by Donna, though I'm not clear whether Richars would have had any responsibility to keep her.