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Mayhem and madness ensue as Ariana and her betrothed pursue their way to the altar in this joyful sequel to, Before the Season Ends.
Readers who loved the author's first book, Before the Season Ends, will delight in this charming sequel set in Regency London.
As Ariana Forsythe plans her wedding to Philip Mornay, she must adjust to the realization that she is soon to become the wife of an extremely wealthy man. She wonders if it's wrong to rejoice that her future husband is rich. But she promises herself to use her new position to do what she can to aid the numerous street waifs she sees all too often in London.
If only that was the end of the troubles facing her! Mysterious thefts, abductions, house alterations, dishonest servants, a man with a grudge and more make this romance a fast-paced adventure with intrigue, humor, and not a little inspiration. Come along for the ride while The House in Grosvenor Square is readied for its newlyweds. This sequel is "Spirited romance" indeed!
copyright 2010 Linore Rose Burkard
Mayfair, London
Inexplicable. There was no other word for Mr. Mornay's behaviour to her that morning, and Ariana Forsythe could think of naught else unless it changed. Soon.
She looked at him challengingly, where he sat across from her in his expensive, plush black coach. Faultlessly handsome, Phillip Mornay was dressed stylishly in a twin-tailed frock coat, buff pantaloons and polished black boots. His beautifully tied cravat puffed lightly out from an embroidered white waistcoat, and his dark hair and famously handsome features were framed by a top hat. Everything he wore looked new, his clothing always did; and yet he might have worn it a dozen times, so comfortable did he appear in his attire.
But he had barely looked at Ariana for more than a fleeting second since he had come for her
this morning, and it was beginning to grate on her nerves. She had to think of something to say.
�Tomorrow is the day I shall see the full of your house, is it not?� She had been in Mr. Mornay's house in Grosvenor Square before, but this time she and Aunt Bentley were to get a tour, top to bottom, so she would feel more at home after the wedding. She and Mr. Mornay were betrothed to be married in two weeks.
The dark eyes flicked at her, and she felt a fleeting twinge of satisfaction.
�It is.�
She wanted to hold his attention, and began a smile, but he looked away, abruptly. What could be wrong? Mr. Mornay often studied her when they were together; she was so used to finding the dark-eyed warm gaze upon her, in fact, that she felt somewhat abandoned to be deprived of it, now. Had she done something to displease him? When he usually attended to her so deeply as though he could read into her soul?
They were on their way to the London Orphan Society, in Mr. Mornay's upholstered coach-and-four, with its fashionable high-steppers and liveried footmen on back, to attend a special service at the Society's Chapel. A lady was giving a dramatic reading from Scripture; a most celebrated dramatic reading. Ariana and Mr. Mornay had received invitations for the event, with encouragement to invite anyone of their acquaintance. Thus, there were also four other occupants in the carriage this morning, and seating was snug.
On either side of Ariana was a relation. Her younger sister, Beatrice, just turned twelve, was to her left, and her aunt and chaperon for the season, Mrs. Agatha Bentley, sat on her right. The ladies faced the gentlemen sitting across from them; first, Mr. Peter O'Brien, a future cleric, at Beatrice's particular request; then Ariana's future husband, Mr. Mornay, silent and unapproachable, and finally, the agreeable Mr. Pellham, her aunt's betrothed. (She and her aunt were betrothed at the same time. A most fortuitous turn of events; Ariana ought to have been in raptures of joy.) But unless Mr. Mornay's demeanour changed, Ariana could not enjoy herself. His inattentiveness was such a contrast to his usual behaviour that it was impossible for her to ignore it, or shrug it off as mere ill humour.
It seemed ironic now that when all had been uncertain about the wedding, (when Ariana had held out against her desire to marry Mr. Mornay because she would only marry a man who could share her spiritual life in God,) that up to then, his love and affection were painfully clear. And now, after Mr. Mornay had undergone a stark change in his religion; that is, when he came to believe in a personal, loving God, and the betrothal was settled, suddenly he was behaving as though he wished it were not.
Sitting across from her, he should have been engaging her with his usual intent gaze, smiling slightly at her remarks when she amused him or spoke to others; instead, he sat staring out the window (a thing he never did) and appeared to be morosely preoccupied in his own thoughts. It pricked against her nerves. She would bring him out of this brown study if it took all her ingenuity!
And then he suddenly turned and spoke: �Did I mention I shall be occupied for the rest of the day? After leaving you at your house, following the morning's service?�
Her large, tan eyes sparkled into bluish-green as they tended to do whenever her feelings were stirred. �No, sir; you mentioned nothing to me.� She gave him a look laden with perplexity, which he responded to only with a brief, �Haven't I? Well, I've done, now.�
Oh, dear. He is utterly not himself! Or has he taken a disgust of me?
The carriage fell silent. Mr. Mornay had thick, dark hair which tapered to the tip of his collar; short, dark sideburns, and handsome, strong-boned features. His eyes were deep, dark, and expressive, and his manner of dress, the height of manly perfection. Though he would not deign to discuss good style, he had a faultless sense of it, and many an aspiring buck or beau modeled their choice of attire after his. Like Ariana, his neatness appeared effortless. And he was universally approved of in the best houses, (save for those of the staunchest Whigs, who had still not forgiven Prinny or his pals, of which Mr. Mornay was one, for abandoning them for the Tories).
Even Ariana, who had little patience for matters of dress, found herself in awe of his presence at times. All told, he was an imposing character; a man one did not ignore or take lightly. Ariana was not happy with his tone of address, nor that she would not be seeing him after the morning service, but while she decided whether to make an answer to him, Beatrice broke the silence instead. �Achoo!� The twelve-year-old folded her handkerchief and looked about apologetically.
Beatrice had only recently joined Ariana in London, and both girls were staying at Mrs. Bentley's town house in Hanover Square.
Mrs. Bentley gave her younger niece a severe look, which Ariana did not fail to notice. Their aunt was a wealthy widow with a good soul at heart, but the lady was too prepared, Ariana felt, to make the worst of anything or anyone who posed a threat to her plans, her schedule, or her expectations.
Alarmed at the hint of an ague in her niece, Mrs. Bentley's delicately lined face wrinkled in disapproval while she pulled her gloves more tightly onto her hands.
�How long have you had that nasty sneeze?� she asked. �Do you have an ague?�
�No, no, I assure you!� And yet, the young girl had to stop even now, quickly covering her mouth and nose with her handkerchief to allow a second �Achoo!� to escape.
�Bless you,� said Mr. O'Brien, bringing a blinking smile to Beatrice's young face.
�Humph!� murmured Mrs. Bentley, deciding immediately to send the girl at the soonest convenience back to Chesterton and her family. She would not allow Ariana to contract a cold. Not with the wedding this close. Goodness knew, Mrs. Bentley had seen enough threats to this marriage�a coup d'etat, to be sure�and desired that nothing further could imperil the thing. With the ceremony so close, she was finally beginning to relax. The marriage was certain to take place. But she couldn't help remembering it hadn't always been that way. No, indeed! Why, since the day Mr. Mornay had asked for her niece, there had been one vexation after another, each more threatening than the last, each liable to ruin the man's hopes�and her own, for she wanted nothing more than to see the couple wed.
Her own niece, after all, fresh from the country, had unwittingly captured the heart of London's most famous bachelor�Mr. Phillip Mornay, known in Town as the Paragon. He was called the Paragon because he possessed three of the highest virtues of the English upper class: sartorial elegance, figure, and (most importantly) a fabulous fortune. Besides the family seat in Middlesex with a large tenantry and the house in Grosvenor Square, he owned small holdings and properties throughout the British Empire, all of which added to his income. His match to the debutante Miss Forsythe�a beauty in her own right, and rumoured to be an heiress, (a thing which Mrs. Bentley had fostered by putting up enough blunt for Ariana's Season that no one thought to credit her for doing so) was famous. Not since the Regent himself wed Caroline of Brunswick had there been such a general anticipation of a marriage (though one might rightly call the prince's an infamous match, she reflected!).
In any case, it was too wonderful a happenstance to let such a thing as a young chit like Beatrice put a damper on it with an ague. If Ariana were to fall ill, the marriage would still take place, of course; but why imperil the older girl? Why give her the least excuse to raise an objection? (Ariana was far too liable to raise objections�that had been the trouble from the beginning!) What if she were to wish for a postponement? Mrs. Bentley's nerves couldn't stand for it.
No, with the assurance that Ariana was finally settled upon her fianc�, there was nought to hinder the event�and she, Mrs. Bentley, would do everything in her power to see that it remained that way. Casting her eyes upon her niece, she had to acknowledge a twinge of satisfaction (for not the first time) at how the girl wore the expensive clothing she herself had bought her-- like a queen. Ariana was dressed in the same modish style as her aunt, not because she could afford it or had the slightest interest in cutting a wave, but for the reasons that Mrs. Bentley could, and did.
She was decidedly happy to have been so generous with the girl, for it had helped, she was certain, to catch the eye of Mornay, and indeed, of the ton. Was not her niece toasted at every evening supper she attended? Had not the Regent himself approved of her? True, Ariana did have to endure the occasional jest from Mornay's circle of aristocratic wags on account of her well-known piety, but even these men were gentler to her than was their usual habit concerning women.
And now she, Mrs. Bentley, had been enjoying her most successful Season since her own come out, decades earlier. Routs, card parties, soirees�the sort of things she adored, were crowding her calendar as the chaperon of Miss Forsythe, and she was going to marry Randolph-- it was indeed an annus mirabilis! Just then a sudden nasty odour pulled her from her thoughts.
�Oh, dear,� she murmured, turning to the Paragon. �Where is this Orphan Society? We are getting into neighborhoods that I cannot like.� The dignified streets of Mayfair were behind them, and now they were in roads that were muddy and crowded with carts and working-class people. Child vagabonds could be seen huddling in doorways. Pedestrians stopped what they were doing to watch the shiny black coach with its high-steppers, and try to get a glimpse of the dignitaries who must be inside such a vehicle.
Ariana sat back. She had seen enough of the poor and indigent in London to know that compassion alone was worthless as far as helping anyone went. Further, she had no wish to seem pitying or condescending. The poor were entitled to dignity like anyone else. She had welcomed today's invitation precisely because of her wish to help London's less fortunate citizens. (This had been a desire of her heart since coming to London earlier in the year. Her world had become a disheartening juxtaposition of unbelievable wealth against a backdrop of the ever-present poor.)
Looking across at her suitor, she suddenly wondered if it would jar with his disposition to become a philanthropist? Certainly it was expected of the wealthy, wasn't it? Even in her little town of Chesterton, it was the wealthiest families, those with the huge estates, who held the Annual Balls, the Harvest Home, the Christmas Hall festivities. Mr. Mornay was part of this wealthy class. She hoped it would fall to her to organize charitable events as his wife.
�Ariana!� She was torn from her thoughts by her aunt's strident tone. �Did you say which street the Orphanage is on?�
�The Society is on Folgate Street, Spitalfields. Just north of Spitalfields Market,� replied Mr. Mornay, in her stead. Ariana was looking at him, and he met her eyes, adding, �I own a property on the street, you know.�
�Do you?� She was greatly surprised. It was not a fashionable part of the city. �A house?� she asked, trying to prolong the conversation. Finally he was at least giving her his attention.
�A tenement.�
Mrs. Bentley's curiosity got the best of her. �You own property there?�
He gave a rueful smile. �Won it in a wager, I'm afraid. My man of business sees to letting it and so forth. I've never laid eyes on it, actually, though I've been meaning to give it a look.�
Mrs. Bentley fished an expensive, lace-edged handkerchief from her reticule, and held it now over her mouth and nose, as if the mere fact of passing through the neighborhood might result in being exposed to noxious vapours.
Mr. Pellham took her other hand and patted it soothingly.
Beatrice, all eyes, extended her own hand out towards Mr. O'Brien. �Would you like to take my hand, Mr. O'Brien?� she asked. His eyes opened rather wide, but before he could say anything, Mrs. Bentley chided, �Hush!� and, reaching across Ariana, landed a harmless �slap� to the girl's outstretched hand with her handkerchief. Why did youngsters have to do the most foolish things imaginable? Wasn't it enough that she had had to steer Ariana clear of the future cleric? Now would she have to do the same for her younger niece when she came of age?
Mr. Peter O'Brien, meanwhile, smiled shortly at the girl to be kind, but he was much more concerned, despite his best efforts, with her elder sister. He could never become quite inured to the striking figure Miss Forsythe presented, and he smoothed his coat lapels and adjusted his cravat. He'd been taking as many glances at Ariana as he could safely do while trying to conceal his admiration of her�he had lost her to Mornay, there was no way around it. But it was a difficult pill to swallow, and he still got choked up by it on occasion.
Mr. O'Brien had entertained hopes of forming a betrothal with Ariana himself. He was not wealthy, and he was Irish�both of which were not in his favour, particularly with the standards that Miss Forsythe's aunt seemed to demand from any would-be suitor of her niece's. He was mildly ill-at-ease, therefore, despite his being firmly included on Beatrice's account. (The girl had taken an instant partiality to him, insisting on his company as often as possible.) He could not rid himself of his still strong admiration for her elder sister, however, and that, coupled with a touch of pique�he'd had such hopes of her�moved him to join her company whenever possible. Miss Forsythe had been too, too friendly for him to think she felt nothing more than mere friendship for him!
But it wasn't becoming in a man of faith to nurse a grudge-- his calling was in the Church, which, even if he had not been a third son, he would have chosen in any case as he had strong religious leanings�and he had no wish to rub salt in a wound�but he could not resist the chance to be in her company. So he tried to avoid looking at her, having no wish to make a jackanape of himself, but it was difficult indeed, with such proximity to her sweet, radiant beauty.
Furthermore, it was decidedly unusual for him to be welcomed into the presence of the Paragon, a man he felt more than a little antipathy towards. To be seated beside him now struck him as extraordinary, and he was mute with a mixture of caution, jealousy, and surprise. He had always scoffed at the man's reputation for excellent taste, but seated next to him, he could not deny a feeling of reluctant admiration. Mr. Mornay's clothing made a stark contrast to Mr. O'Brien's less costly attire, and the man's dark double-breasted tailcoat with tapered sleeves made his own frock coat, though sturdy, appear plain, indeed.
At that moment Beatrice unhelpfully exclaimed, �Your coach is ever so pretty, Mr. Mornay! It is far more comfortable than my father's!� She fingered the dark burgundy velvet of her seat. �I wish my mother and father could see it!�
�Hush!� Ariana said, not without affection.
�Do you not fancy the coach? I could ride in it for days!� she exclaimed, wide-eyed.
�Of course I fancy it, only it doesn't signify.�
�Is your carriage as agreeable as this one, Mr. O'Brien?� the girl asked, making him shudder inwardly. He thought of the single family equipage he used when taking his mama and sisters about Town. Compared to Mornay's gleaming, springed and upholstered vehicle, his was shabby, indeed.
�No,� he answered, trying to smile with the word.
Just then everyone's attention was diverted as they pulled up outside a large Palladian style building fenced in by black iron gates. The London Orphan Society was a stately institution. Mr. Pellham exclaimed, �Undoubtedly the work of Mr. Nash, wouldn't you say, Mornay?�
Mr. Mornay, observing the building as best he could from the interior of the coach, nodded his head. �Very likely.� All was quiet and neat on the outside. A gateman opened the way for them, and the coach moved ahead into a circular drive which brought them round to the front entrance.
Stepping into the building, Mrs.Bentley raised her ankle-length pelisse as though it might drag on the tiled floor, while Ariana straightened her dark-blue French-style canezou. It had a deep flounce along the shoulders and neck-line and around the empire waist. Beneath a bonnet which sported two round puffs of pale, gathered fabric at the top, little ringlets of blond hair were just visible around her face�owing to her having endured a night with curling papers beneath her cap�and she was bright with youthful beauty this morning, as most days. She happily accepted Mr. Mornay's arm, still searching his countenance for a clue to his feelings, but he maintained a stony disregard of her. If not for his past effusive reassurances of love, she might have been exceedingly disconcerted. But she refused to believe anything of moment was behind his distant manner, and she tucked her arm into his with the added touch of her other hand, placing it upon his coat sleeve with feeling.
The little group followed a lady by name of Mrs. Gullweather, who was the headmistress, and two female servants down a long, wide stone hall which ended at the chapel. A man-servant led them to seats in a front row. Ariana was impressed with the massive interior and its circular ceiling and long, stained-glass windows, beautiful against the light of morning outside. The benches around and behind them were full of children of all ages, who emitted only a low murmur from their ranks.
She sat down cognizant of the pleasure of being next to Mr. Mornay. She glanced at him now, but he continued to study the area ahead, where Mrs. Gullweather was preparing to speak. She felt as though he was somewhere else today, far distant from the proceedings, from her. But she turned her attention to the front of the room, just as he had. She would think no more on it for now.
�Before we begin,� Mrs. Gullweather said, with a smile, �We have arranged for the children to entertain you. We do try to educate them profitably. Most of our graduates, when they leave us, go on to lead productive lives in society. We have had dozens of young people go off to be missionaries in foreign lands, and furnished a good many governesses, cooks, and housemaids for people of quality,� she said, speaking to the guests, who, in addition to Ariana and her party, took up the first two rows of seats across the chapel. �Many of our young gentlemen, it must be added, who do not choose the mission field, go on to find apprenticeships, or serve as footmen or grooms in the best households.�
With a wave of her hand, she added, �These are the same children who are brought to us destitute, and with nothing but poverty, death, or a life of crime facing them. It is only by the generous help of our patrons,� she smiled benignly towards them, �that we are able to effect such changes for society. And now�the children.�
The sight of the young orphans erased all other concerns from Ariana's heart. How glad she was to have come, today! She so wanted to make a difference somehow for children like these! God knew each by name and loved every one of them. The children sang an old hymn, �Ye Holy Angels, Bright,� and by its end, Ariana was thoroughly satisfied that the London Orphan Society was a worthy cause, indeed.
When the dramatic actress, Mrs. Tiernan, finally stood before them, silent, even grave of countenance, a hush fell over the audience, including its youngest members. Her gown was of the classical Roman style, more like gowns that were in vogue a decade ago (as Ariana knew from her mama's old fashion catalogues). Expecting her to begin, the audience waited. But she kept her eyes fixed on a spot overhead, towards a window.
When she continued to stare like a statue at that fixed point against the opposite wall, people began to look at it, too. Was it supposed to mean something?
Then, just when everyone despaired of her ever doing anything other than staring at the window, she turned and faced the assembly. This time she stared down the main aisle, as though she were in a trance. Then, suddenly, with a dramatic flourish of her arm, she cried, �Hear the Word of the Lord!� Her voice rang out loud and piercing as it cut into the silence.
Then, in a quieter tone, �A dramatic reading from the Book of Revelations, Chapter One, verses ten through twenty.� She slowly moved her gaze to take in the onlookers. Her eyes were calm and yet seemed to blaze from within, settling to flicker momentarily upon Ariana and her companions.
Again the hush grew deep with anticipation. Mrs. Tiernan dropped suddenly to her knees, her arms raised high, and then turned her head as if listening. In a clear tone which carried an authoritative quality, she began in earnest.
�On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit. And I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet.� She added measured movements of her arms and even her body, so that she made a captivating sight.
�I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me; And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands....�
...�His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace! �
�...And his voice,� she lifted her head to listen, �was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword.� She made a motion as if taking a sword from its sheath, and then, magically, a small leather book was in her hand! How had she done it? Ariana didn't know. But there it was, a concrete allusion to the �double-edged sword� being the word of God.
And then the book was gone, vanished, like it had never been there. The audience gasped, and she continued, �His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance...�
When the reading was ended, Mrs. Tiernan froze, statue-like, except that her head was bowed. In a minute, people began to applaud, led by Mr. O'Brien, which would have been rather amazing except that he had the impetus of knowing the presentation had ended for he alone had been following along out of his little leather Bible. Mrs. Tiernan remained with her head bowed as the clapping slowly grew stronger. Finally, when the applause ceased, the lady bowed low once more, so that everyone had to clap again, and then she said, �Thank you! Thank you!� and swept out of sight, leaving from a hidden exit behind the pulpit.
Soon the guests were led to a small breakfast room, where a light repast was waiting. While they ate, they shared thoughts on what they'd seen.
�I daresay she cast a spell on us,� chuckled Mr. Pellham, tugging on his moustache thoughtfully. Mrs. Bentley added, �Rather a bit of a trickster, I should think. Making that little book appear and disappear as if by magic. And in a chapel!�
Mr. O'Brien cleared his throat. He hated to disagree with anyone who was socially superior to him, but he had to correct what he saw as near-blasphemous thinking.
�But ma'am,� he managed to say, �it was only for effect; to heighten the power of her presentation, which, I thought, in all honesty, to be quite...quite good.�
�I thought it was wonderful!� put in Beatrice, loyally�and loudly. �Did you not think so, Ariana?�
Ariana smiled. �I was impressed.� She glanced at Mr. Mornay and felt a fresh concern when, instead of finding the warm eyes and gentle smile she loved, was met with a blank expression. It was an expression she recognized as being his �tolerant� look; he was merely enduring the proceedings, she realized. But he turned to the faces around the table and added, �It was interesting, and,� he chose his word, �Worthwhile.�
While they continued eating, Mrs. Gullweather approached their table with a little bald man who wore spectacles and carried a small, bound leather book in which he was jotting information.
�I hope you have enjoyed our little entertainment,� she began, after thanking them for coming.
�And now we must rely upon your patience and goodness a little longer, while we beg you to consider making our orphanage a grateful recipient of the generosity that so distinguishes your class among men.� Ariana wished devoutly that she had the means to be as generous as possible, but knew that within her reticule lay a single crown. It was the last of her money.
Mr. Mornay, meanwhile, had no wish to listen to any flummery, and spoke to the man with the book. �Are you recording donations?� The man looked up, startled to be addressed, but quickly replied, �I am, sir!�
He rounded the table to where Ariana and Mr. Mornay were sitting, across from one another. He waited, pencil poised and ready to enter an amount in his account book. Meanwhile Mrs. Bentley offered the woman a few guineas, which she accepted gratefully. Mr. Pellham followed with a bank note of an unknown sum. Beatrice solemnly gave sixpence, and Mr. O'Brien just a little above that, as this unfortunate time of the month always found him in low water .
Mr. Mornay, meanwhile, had turned to Ariana. �I should like you to propose the amount.� It was an embarrassing moment, as the topic of money was considered ungenteel. One did not discuss it, as important as it was. She blushed.
�I dare not think of it.�
With surprise, he asked, leaning in towards her for privacy, �Do you not wish to support the place?�
�Oh, I do, of course. I mean to give my last crown...�
�I've no doubt. But tell me the amount you should like to give if you had the means. Only name it, and it is done.�
She eyed him uncertainly. Suddenly his distance-keeping seemed to have fled, and he was himself again. And he loved her. He was asking her to make a financial decision for the two of them!Many a woman would have been astounded at it. Perhaps Ariana was astounded at it, for she could only reply, �I think perhaps that you ought to--�
�No, it must be you. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you, and I am certain you will be more generous than I.�
�But that is what I fear!� She hissed in a whisper. �What if I name a sum that is too high?�
He smiled, and she instantly smiled back. �Name it.�
�Oh, dear! Very well,� she said, bringing her two hands together in thought; but she was enormously pleased to have received that smile. It was the first she'd seen him wear all morning. �Would...twenty-five pounds per annum be appropriate?�
He said nothing but turned to the recorder. �Send the bill to my house,� and he went on to give the information necessary while the appreciative clerk scribbled in his book.
Ariana watched, with a spurt of elation. A heady delight. A feeling of unexpected....power. She found herself staring at Mr. Mornay as if realizing his great wealth for the first time.
�Stop looking at me like that. 'Tis only money.�
Only money! She knew of widows who lived on little more than what she had just been able to procure for the orphanage. With a few words, she had made a difference for the children. It was a marvelous new feeling, heady and intoxicating. Of course it was Phillip's money, not her own, but hadn't her aunt told her numerous times that all he had would soon be hers? That Mr. Mornay had offered her everything that was his? Any amount of pin money she wanted? She had never paid the least attention to the thought of sharing in Phillip's wealth, but suddenly it presented a world of possibilities to her.
She barely noticed the rest of the proceedings, the thank yous and goodbyes. Only the parade of orphans, waiting to wave and cheer them off as they pulled away in the coach brought her fully alert to her surroundings. She looked at each child in a new way. What if she could afford to give them all a new article of clothing every year? Or new shoes? What if she and Phillip were to �to�start their own Society? There were still hundreds and hundreds of hungry, cold children on the streets. More orphans than this one asylum could house. As the carriage exited the iron gates of the grounds, Ariana was lost in a world of new thoughts and ideas. It seemed as if she'd been waiting all her life to have such thoughts. She'd never had the means to have them, before.
As Mrs. Phillip Mornay she would have the means.
As Mrs. Phillip Mornay she could do much good.
Her eyes wandered to her silent, handsome future husband. Studying him, she felt a strong wave of love. She recalled wrapping her arms around his neck, and the wonderful feel of his arms firmly about her. The night of their betrothal he had taken her into his coach and put her upon his lap and they'd kissed.
He was listening to Beatrice's absent chatter just then or she would have bestowed upon him a most adoring smile. As she studied the handsome face, strong nose and chin; the rich, neat attire, her heart swelled with love and pride�but also a slight discomposure. She was appreciating his circumstances in a way she had never done. Was it wrong? Was it selfish? To be happy that she would be married to a rich man? But she thought of all the charities she could support, the good works she could do, and her qualms dissipated. Mr. Mornay had been only too happy to let her name the sum for the Orphanage. Surely he would always be that way, wouldn't he?
During the drive home, she dreamed of the future benefactress to the poor which she would become. The usually deflating scenes of needy children on the streets did not affect her as usual.
�Soon, soon, my dear children,� she thought, �Mrs. Mornay will come to your aide!� At that moment her beloved turned his gaze upon her and her inner musings came to an abrupt halt.
Once again, there was nothing of warmth in his eyes, nothing of the affection she usually found in them. Would the future Mrs. Mornay be a benefactress to the poor?
Or was he having a sudden change of heart? Did he wish to�to cry off from the wedding? Had he allowed her to name the sum for the Orphanage to lessen the blow of his change of heart? Her thoughts of helping the poor paled in light of this disturbing notion. Was he re-thinking their wedding plans? Why else the coldness of his manner, the absence of meaning in his looks to her? She would need to find a way to speak with him, privately. Perhaps his distracted behaviour had nothing to do with her at all. She frowned. If it did not, there was something else on his mind that was troublesome. In either case, she must seek to help.
Somehow she had to speak to him alone, and soon. Something was most definitely wrong.
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Thomas Sorensen was included in Denmark's provisional FIFA World Cup™ squad this afternoon despite suffering a dislocated elbow last month.
The Stoke City goalkeeper sustained the injury in City's 7-0 thrashing at newly-crowned Premier League champions Chelsea on April 26 and is still not certain to be fit for South Africa but that did not prevent Denmark coach Morten Olsen from naming him in a 26-man party.
Sorensen has been the Danish number one for nine years and will be key to their hopes of progressing out of Group E, which also contains the Netherlands, Japan and Cameroon. The 26 players named today will take part in a friendly against Senegal in Aalborg on 27 May with four others on standby.
Olsen will then whittle down the squad to 23 prior to Denmark's FIFA World Cup opener against the Dutch on 14 June. Malaga defender Patrick Mtiliga was the surprise inclusion having not played for his country since November 2008.
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Denmark's provisional FIFA World Cup: Jesper Christiansen (FC Copenhagen), Kim Christensen (IFK Gothenburg), Stephan Andersen (Brondby), Thomas Sorensen (Stoke City); Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn), Patrick Mtiliga (Malaga), Per Kroldrup (Fiorentina), Simon Busk Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar), Simon Kjaer (Palermo), William Kvist (FC Copenhagen); Christian Poulsen (Juventus), Christian Eriksen (Ajax), Daniel Jensen (Werder Bremen), Jakob Poulsen (AGF Aarhus), Michael Silberbauer (FC Utrecht), Mikkel Beckmann (Randers), Thomas Enevoldsen (FC Groningen), Thomas Kahlenberg (Wolfsburg), Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax), Jesper Gronkjaer (FC Copenhagen), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord), Martin Jorgensen (AGF Aarhus); Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brondby), Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal), Soren Larsen (Duisburg)
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Fairfax journo Tracy Watkins is letting her wishful thinking get in the way today in a piece where she posits Key is "burning political capital" over the Hager/Fisher GCSB "revelations".
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The Act spells out that it is illegal for the agency to intercept the private communications of New Zealand citizens and residents, except in specific circumstances or when it is "incidentally obtained" – which, as we now know, is likely to include while they are lying on a beach in Samoa.
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Honour is Acquired by Virtue.
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The Richie Family Reunion
Descendants of Dennis and Loudella
May 22 – 24, 2015
Greenville, South Carolina
Our theme this year is
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Greetings Family,
The 2015 Richie Reunion Planning Committee members are excited about hosting our family for another weekend of caring, sharing, and lots of fun and excitement in Greenville, SC!
Hotel reservation deadline is CLOSED. Please call
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Registration fee is $50 (ages 18 - adult); $25 (ages 8 - 17); FREE (ages 1 - 7). Registration fee includes shirts,
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Red Ladies
AboutICA Live Arts presents Red Ladies By Clod Ensemble ICA Theatre (& Outdoor venues) Tuesday 3 June 2008: performances at 7:30pm Wednesday 4 June 2008: performances at 7:30pm & 10pm The Red Ladies are on their way. Who are they and what do they want? Do their stilettos pose a threat to national security? An undisclosed number of women, identically dressed, clandestine and possibly dangerous, will descend on the city. Rendezvous with them at their makeshift headquarters where they may reveal their true identities⦠Be vigilant! Produced by Fuel in association with the Onassis Programme. For more information please visit: www.ica.org.uk/redladies www.redladies.org www.clodensemble.com Ticket Prices: £10, £8 concs, £7 ICA Members To book tickets call the ICA box office: open daily 12pm-9.15pm 020 7930 3647 or visit the ICA web site: www.ica.org.uk Closest Tube Station: Charing Cross or Piccadilly ICA, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH
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ABSTRACT: Immune responses are initiated and primed by dendritic cells (DCs) that cross-present exogenous antigen. The chaperone CD74 (invariant chain) is thought to promote DC priming exclusively in the context of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II. However, we demonstrate here a CD74-dependent MHC class I cross-presentation pathway in DCs that had a major role in the generation of MHC class I-restricted, cytolytic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses to viral protein- and cell-associated antigens. CD74 associated with MHC class I in the endoplasmic reticulum of DCs and mediated the trafficking of MHC class I to endolysosomal compartments for loading with exogenous peptides. We conclude that CD74 has a previously undiscovered physiological function in endolysosomal DC cross-presentation for priming MHC class I-mediated CTL responses.Nature Immunology 02/2012; 13(3):237-45. DOI:10.1038/ni.2225 · 24.97 Impact Factor
Article: The Ca(v)1.4 Calcium Channel Is a Critical Regulator of T Cell Receptor Signaling and Naive T Cell Homeostasis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The transport of calcium ions (Ca(2+)) to the cytosol is essential for immunoreceptor signaling, regulating lymphocyte differentiation, activation, and effector function. Increases in cytosolic-free Ca(2+) concentrations are thought to be mediated through two interconnected and complementary mechanisms: the release of endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) "stores" and "store-operated" Ca(2+) entry via plasma membrane channels. However, the identity of molecular components conducting Ca(2+) currents within developing and mature T cells is unclear. Here, we have demonstrated that the L-type "voltage-dependent" Ca(2+) channel Ca(V)1.4 plays a cell-intrinsic role in the function, development, and survival of naive T cells. Plasma membrane Ca(V)1.4 was found to be essential for modulation of intracellular Ca(2+) stores and T cell receptor (TCR)-induced rises in cytosolic-free Ca(2+), impacting activation of Ras-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) pathways. Collectively, these studies revealed that Ca(V)1.4 functions in controlling naive T cell homeostasis and antigen-driven T cell immune responses.Immunity 08/2011; 35(3):349-60. DOI:10.1016/j.immuni.2011.07.011 · 19.75 Impact Factor
Article: Epigenetic Enhancement of Antigen Processing and Presentation Promotes Immune Recognition of Tumors[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) have been hailed as a powerful new class of anticancer drugs. The HDACi, trichostatin A (TSA), is thought to interfere with epigenetic control of cell cycle progression in G1 and G2-M phase, resulting in growth arrest, differentiation, or apoptosis. Here, we describe a novel mechanism of action of HDACis in promoting immune responses against tumors. We report that treatment of carcinoma cells with TSA increases the expression of many components of the antigen processing machinery, including TAP-1, TAP-2, LMP-2, and Tapasin. Consistent with this result, we found that treatment of metastatic carcinoma cells with TSA also results in an increase in MHC class I expression on the cell surface that functionally translates into an enhanced susceptibility to killing by antigen-specific CTLs. Finally, we observed that TSA treatment suppresses tumor growth and increases tap-1 promoter activity in TAP-deficient tumor cells in vivo. Intriguingly, this in vivo anti-tumoral effect of TSA is entirely mediated by an increase in immunogenicity of the tumor cells, as it does not occur in immunodeficient mice. These novel insights into the molecular mechanisms controlling tumor immune escape may help revise immunotherapeutic modalities for eradicating cancers.Cancer Research 01/2009; 68(23):9601-7. DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-5270 · 9.28 Impact Factor
Article: Tumour immunity and T cell memory are induced by low dose inoculation with a non-replicating adenovirus encoding TAP1.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Despite continued progress in understanding the pathophysiology of tumours, curative therapeutic options are still lacking for the metastatic form of the disease. One approach that has gathered considerable interest is the creation of therapeutic vaccines using genetically engineered non-replicating viruses as vehicles to revive immunosurveillance mechanisms that may eradicate residual tumour cells. A perceived problem with this approach is that the number of non-replicating viruses used as a vaccine inoculum does not remotely approximate the total number of cells in the body, nor even the number of tumour cells in the case of large tumour burden or metastasis. Here, we addressed the hypothesis that a limited amount of inoculum (1x10(8) PFU) of recombinant non-replicating adenovirus encoding human TAP1 (AdhTAP1) can induce protective immunity against 1.5x10(5) TAP-deficient, metastatic melanoma cells transplanted into a normal mouse (total of approximately 1x10(11) body cells). We show that efficacious anti-tumour cytolytic T cell responses are indeed induced by injecting melanoma-bearing animals with small numbers of recombinant viruses, resulting in increases in tumour-infiltrating dendritic cells, enhanced memory T cell subpopulations and, most importantly, in increased animal survival. This novel approach uses a limited input inoculum relative to the tumour cell mass, and thus achieves an efficacious outcome that has so far eluded other vaccine, immunotherapeutic or gene therapeutic strategies where there is a requisite for the majority of tumour cells to be transduced for beneficial outcome to be achieved.Vaccine 04/2007; 25(12):2331-9. DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.11.064 · 3.49 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We hypothesize that over-expression of transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP1 and TAP2), components of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I antigen-processing pathway, enhances antigen-specific cytotoxic activity in response to viral infection. An expression system using recombinant vaccinia virus (VV) was used to over-express human TAP1 and TAP2 (VV-hTAP1,2) in normal mice. Mice coinfected with either vesicular stomatitis virus plus VV-hTAP1,2 or Sendai virus plus VV-hTAP1,2 increased cytotoxic lymphocyte (CTL) activity by at least 4-fold when compared to coinfections with a control vector, VV encoding the plasmid PJS-5. Coinfections with VV-hTAP1,2 increased virus-specific CTL precursors compared to control infections without VV-hTAP1,2. In an animal model of lethal viral challenge after vaccination, VV-hTAP1,2 provided protection against a lethal challenge of VV at doses 100-fold lower than control vector alone. Mechanistically, the total MHC class I antigen surface expression and the cross-presentation mechanism in spleen-derived dendritic cells was augmented by over-expression of TAP. Furthermore, VV-hTAP1,2 increases splenic TAP transport activity and endogenous antigen processing, thus rendering infected targets more susceptible to CTL recognition and subsequent killing. This is the first demonstration that over-expression of a component of the antigen-processing machinery increases endogenous antigen presentation and dendritic cell cross-presentation of exogenous antigens and may provide a novel and general approach for increasing immune responses against pathogens at low doses of vaccine inocula.PLoS Pathogens 01/2006; 1(4):e36. DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.0010036 · 8.14 Impact Factor
Article: Restoration of the expression of transporters associated with antigen processing in lung carcinoma increases tumor-specific immune responses and survival[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A wide variety of human carcinomas have low expression of tumor-associated antigen presentation in the context of MHC class I antigens due to defects in the antigen presentation pathway. This immune evasion mechanism renders many tumors unrecognizable by host immune surveillance mechanisms. The present study examines the expression of HLA, tapasin, transporter associated with antigen processing 1 (TAP1), and beta2 microglobulin in human small cell lung carcinoma and non-small cell lung carcinoma. Immunohistochemical staining showed severe impairment of the antigen presentation pathway in all patients. In order to recover tumor immunogenicity, a nonreplicating adenovirus expressing human TAP1 (AdhTAP1) was used to restore the expression of TAP1 in the antigen presentation pathway-deficient mouse lung carcinoma cell line, CMT.64. Infection of CMT.64 cells with AdhTAP1 increased MHC class I antigen surface expression, antigen presentation, and susceptibility to antigen-specific CTLs. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting and ELISPOT analysis showed that AdhTAP1 treatment significantly increased dendritic cell cross-presentation and cross-priming of tumor antigens. Furthermore, ex vivo and in vivo AdhTAP1 treatment significantly retarded tumor growth and increased survival of mice bearing CMT.64 tumors. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis and immunohistochemical staining showed a significant increase in CD8+ and CD4+ T cells and CD11c+ dendritic cells infiltrating the tumors. The results show that TAP should be considered as a part of the immunotherapies for various cancers because it is likely to provide a general method for increasing immune responses against tumors regardless of the antigenic composition of the tumor or the MHC haplotypes of the host.Cancer Research 10/2005; 65(17):7926-33. DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-3977 · 9.28 Impact Factor
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Discovery Ups Robert Scanlon to Velocity GM
He'll oversee programming, development, productions, marketing and communications for the cable network.
Robert S. Scanlon is moving up at Discovery Communications.
The senior vp has been promoted to general manager, Discovery announced Monday. With the move, Scanlon will now oversee programming, development, production, marketing and communications at the network. He'll continue to report to Marjorie Kaplan, group president of Animal Planet, Science Channel and Velocity.
Since starting as senior vp in October 2011, Velocity has become one of the fastest-growing cablers. Its second quarter marked the highest period in primetime and total day delivery for total adults 18-49, men 25-54, total viewers, men 18-34 and men over 18.
Velocity's original series Fantomworks, Dallas Car Sharks and What's in the Barn? helped fuel Velocity's move to No. 46 in the men aged 25-54 demo -- up 22 slots and out-delivering NBA-TV, MLB Netowork and the Golf Channel, all of whom have larger subscriber numbers.
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Also key among Velocity's recent growth have been series Overhaulin', Chasing Classic Cards and the record-breaking special Space Jump Live, which Velocity and Discovery Channel earned a sports Emmy.
Next up for the cabler is Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans, a four-part miniseries chronicling the Grey's Anatomy star's competition in one of auto racing's oldest and most challenging events.
"Bob's leadership, strategic thinking and industry expertise have been instrumental in Velocity's rapid ascent over the past year and a half," Kaplan said. "Few executives embody their brands better or more completely than he does. Bob is the quintessential 'Velocity Man.'"
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