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Together In Our Sweet Solitude: contents (or chapter list)

Dramatis Personae Chapter I, of a chance encounter Chapter II, in which two fates entwine...? Chapter III, in which unwelcome recollections recur Chapter IV, of a heated exchange and its consequences Chapter V, of a governess

*** This is going to be updated as new chapters appear.

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Together In Our Sweet Solitude Victorian Simfiction

Their worlds could not have collided. An isolated heiress to the most prominent clan of the county could not have encountered a long-forgotten petty aristocrat once banished from the local society. And yet, one day their paths cross. Has this happened by a Great Design or by a terrible mistake? Has it been written in the stars? Has fate blessed or condemned Cassandra Goth and Don Lothario? What shall it mean for either of them?

Can yearning for individuality and freedom unite two dissenters, a recluse and an outcast, as soulmates?

Can two solitudes become one togetherness?

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Chapter I

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what am I even doing 😣 

Anyway, Chapter II.

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https://victoriansimfiction.blogspot.com/2020/04/chapter-v-trigger-warning-or-may-not.html

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Chapter I is here.

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Dramatis Personae - Malcolm Landgrave*

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Well, maybe not so much a wife as an heir - yet indeed, Marquess Malcolm Landgrave has set himself a goal of finding a suitable (and well-situated) party. And as befits a seasoned hunter, he never misses his target.

*I took the liberty of altering some characters’ names.

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Dramatis Personae - Mary Sue Oldridge*

Mary once chose Sentiment over Reason which she regrets to date. A devoted governess to Miss Cassandra Goth, she strives to protect her dear charge from suffering the same fate, but will she succeed? Or will the history repeat itself?

*I took the liberty of altering some characters’ names.

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Dramatis Personae - Don Lothario

A respectable profession and noble birth do not necessarily render one a gentleman, as in the infamous Don Lothario’s case. Nonetheless, in acknowledgement of his occupational services, a revered old acquaintance asks him for a favour. Presented with the most unwonted and probably most challenging quest in his career, Doctor Lothario finds himself irreversibly entangled in what he once vowed to avoid by all means. Has he been given a new chance or doomed for ever? Will his past take its toll on him or will he shape his own future?

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Dramatis Personae - Cassandra Goth

Cassandra has always struggled to fit in, disinterested in the allures, glamour and prestige of the shire’s beau monde, her illustrious family’s natural habitat. She prefers the realm of her imagination to reality, solitude to company, individuality to gregariousness. Deep inside, however, she has always desired to resemble her fabulous mother, now departed. The personal tragedy has left her distraught with grief and at a complete loss - yet, paradoxically, may indeed liken her fate to the late Countess Bella’s more than she would ever expect. Be careful what you wish for, so they say…

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Dramatis Personae - Daniel O’Phelan*

An honest man of honest trade (as he likes to style himself), Daniel fends for himself quite well. For all his faults, he knows how to aid a friend in need, too - but will knowledge itself suffice to save Don Lothario from the inevitable? Can a tragedy be averted before it is too late?

*I took the liberty of altering some characters’ names. 

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Dramatis Personae - Mortimer Goth

Earl Mortimer Goth seems to live a perfect life, his run of good luck never ending. A Peer in the House of Lords, the Earl of  - shire and heir to the greatest fortune in the county, head of the most esteemed household, once happily married… Has any of his ventures resulted in anything else than success? Well, behind the closed doors, he cannot come to terms with his wife’s loss – and fails as a father to his firstborn daughter. Alas! Any attempts to make amends appear to do more harm than good… Can he still compensate Cassandra for his past mistakes or will his last desperate measures work in reverse?

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Chapter IV extract

FULL CHAPTER

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“Mary Sue! I’d rather spend some time on my own now, if you please.”, Cassie sobbed, wiping her tear-stained cheek with a sleeve.

“I beg your pardon, Mademoiselle, but His Lordship expressed his concern about the… agitated state of yours, and stressed I would prove of help.”

Her Mistress just snuffled and beheld her dispiritedly.

“He and his concern!”, she grunted pungently.

“I shall not disrupt you anymore, and assure your father nothing amiss happened. Pray promise, however, that you will not hurt yourself, would you, Miss Cassandra?”, the governess whispered softly, daring to approach the girl in despair and stroke her back delicately.

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<if anyone cares...>

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Dramatis Personae - Bella Goth

Sadly deceased, having prematurely succumbed to a fatal disease, consumption, Countess Bella Goth left many grief-stricken, her tender-hearted, vulnerable daughter most fatefully. Does anyone know who that mystery of a woman really was?

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Dramatis Personae - Dina Caliente-Batchelor*

Young(ish), tantalising and affianced to the most influential figure of the shire, it would seem Baroness Dina has all a lady of the society could dream of. Appearances, however, deceive. Even having at length found peace of mind, established control over her own life and risen into prominence among the elites, she has never stopped bemoaning her unhappy, wasted youth. When a certain gentleman’s reappearance menaces to shatter all she toiled for into dust, she vows to take drastic measures - by fair means or foul…

*I took the liberty of altering some names so that they would sound more ‘realistic’ - especially that referring to a surname and marital status (as in - spoiler - Michael’s case in a certain part of the novel simfiction) could be confusing.

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Coming soon(er or later, but certainly in 2020)

Lo and Behold, my Victorian Cassandra Goth x Don Lothario AU/Simfiction. I have already finished the first draft of the entire version, but it still needs editing. And visuals, of course. Therefore I have no idea when exactly I will start posting it. Still, here’s a small sneak peek - so that I can formally say I began it in 2019 (if anyone cares at all lol).

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“Cassandra, do you believe in redemption?”, the howling winds carried Don’s desperate inquiry. Over this issue he had deliberated lately, harbouring hopes he could still atone.

Eyes fixed at the rough, choppy waters (for they had hazarded to the dunes), his companion trembled in the veritably arctic gusts winnowing her about unheeded locks. Or maybe for another reason… As deadly silence fell, he feared the malady had possessed her completely; she seemed entranced by the billows [...]. Suddenly, the doctor’s buried hopes rose from their sepulchres; she spoke.

“Should one have erred, the Almighty shall absolve him.”

And not a single twitch on that seraphic visage.

Nothing to lose, then! Endowing him with heart-piercing cold indifference, she would not despise him more for the imminent confession; impossible, since he had rendered himself maximally loathsome of his own making.

“I recommend you pay a visit to the vicar at his parsonage.”, she added, dead serious. “He will feel only too pleased to engage in a theological discussion.”

At last, emotions! Admittedly, of piquancy and ire, nonetheless indisputably welcome. He did not mind in the least her being sharp-tongued. Like in the good old days.

“I don’t need spiritual counselling, yet advice from a bosom friend. Forgive the equivocation, I should not have inconvenienced you with those redundant nuances.”

Her aristocratic features hardened yet a hardly visible nod of encouragement ensued. [...]

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