Pico, Day 29

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Here's today's post for your snippets, comments, thoughts.

Comments

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Just over 400 words today, although I'm less tired than the last couple of nights. But I reached the end of a chapter, so it seemed like a good point to stop. Edward and Rupert are chatting in the kitchen:

Rupert removed the coffee pot from the stove. "Did I tell you that I found a grave up near Derwentdale Hall? It belonged to the Dowager Duchess Margaret – and I think relatives of the Dukes of Norfolk cared for it when they owned the land."

"They might well have done. Do you know the story of how Duchess Margaret came to be buried there?"

"She was the last Catholic Peveril, at least until..." Roo trailed off, then began again, "And the FitzAlan Howards are the most powerful Catholics in the country, which must be why they looked after her."

"Quite possibly," Edward said, making an informed guess as to what Roo had left unsaid. "But there was a marriage proposed between a Peveril and a very distant relative of the 11th Duke of Norfolk in the 1800s. Cecilia: if you've heard of her."

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Family history is always intriguing.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

It is indeed.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

There is a lot of family history for Roo to absorb! I like how comfortable the two of them are together now.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Roo's starting to figure out where he fits in, although he's not quite brave enough to ask some questions yet.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Hooray for the end of a chapter! And for the fatigue subsiding.

It is wonderful how fascinated by the family history Rupert is.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Roo needs a place for himself in a very confusing world, and knowing the history of this rather eccentric family is definitely helping.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Cheers for the end of the chapter, and being less tired.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm tired now, but that's just from all the walking I've done today.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Another reason for me to like Rupert - I share his fascination for history, even if my family's is way way less... august :)

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the encouragement. History is great fun, no matter how ordinary the people involved.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

That's one of the things I notice when watching Who Do You think You Are, it's the ancestor's personal stories, not their place (or not) socially that make the story, as I'm sure Rupert is finding out:)

Mind you, one does have to admit that those in the Australian version of the show who can claim an original or early convict do have a certain cachet...

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

It's definitely the personal that make these things.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Kudos for words & finishing chapter! And I like Rupert & Edward talking over Rupert's discoveries; it's a good way of showing how they are bonding.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I've got lots of conversations to write in my current chapter as Rupert's relationships with a bunch of other people evolve in light of his adventures.