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Biting the hand that feeds her? Toddlers & Tiaras mother Susanna Barrett slams series for 'wrong' portrayal of child pageant stars
Toddlers & Tiaras was no doubt the catalyst for her and her daughter's newfound fame.
But Susanna Barrett from Rhode Island, one of its featured mothers, has criticised the TLC reality show for its 'completely wrong' portrayal of child beauty pageant stars such as her daughter Isabella, five.
She said on The View yesterday that she and her daughter will not be involved in the controversial series again because they were shown in such a bad light.
Speaking out: Toddlers & Tiaras' Susanna Barrett (right) has criticised the show that made her and her five-year-old daughter Isabella (left) famous for its alleged misrepresentation of child beauty pageants
The mother, who has been entering Isabella into U.S. beauty pageants for the past year, said that the show has brought 'nothing but negativity to Isabella'.
'Isabella does other things other than pageants,' she said. 'And any time we go to do something else, it's "oh you're from Toddlers & Tiaras, oh, oh.'
Barbara Walters, a host on The View, read out a response from TLC in regards to Mrs Barrett's allegations.
'You were only on one episode, it's not as if you were the star,' Ms Walters read from the network's statement. 'They said "why make a public announcement, why not just leave, they said. Isn't this a way of keeping your daughter in the spotlight?'
Turn around: The mother said on The View (above) that Toddlers & Tiaras has brought negativity to their lives
The mother responded: 'Because the children are featured over and over, they have more footage of my daughter in upcoming episodes. I have taken the steps to make amends to everything that has happened to my family in the past year.'
She then repeated the exact same line she offered at the start of the interview: 'I've got to be honest with you, there's a lot of things that Toddlers has done that is completely wrong.'
The mother admitted that she is purposely disassociating herself and her daughter from the show 'in a public way'.
She said their involvement in the series, which tends to spark controversy on a weekly basis, was a 'whirlwind'.
'We got into pageants because of my older daughter Victoria,' she said on The View. 'She was teen-bullied and when we brought Isabella to a pageant, she liked it and we did it.'
Outspoken: The mother added that the reality show has more footage of her daughter that it plans on running
Living doll: Isabella, her daughter, told The View's hosts that she has 'fun' competing in child beauty pageants
Isabella sat next to her mother on the show yesterday and was asked whether or not she enjoys taking part in beauty pageants.
The youngster nodded her head in response before adding that she does not miss filming scenes for Toddlers & Tiaras.
'Yeh, I'm really busy,' she said. 'I went to MTV Movie Awards.'
She added: 'This is really fun.'
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, another of The View's hosts, read out a further statement from TLC over Mrs Barrett's allegations.
The network had said: 'We have a number of families who are featured in each episode of Toddlers & Tiaras.
Official response: The network behind Toddlers & Tiaras, TLC, released the above statement to The View
'Susanna and her daughter Isabella were featured in one episode of the 93 episodes that have been taped to-date,' it continued. 'There were no plans to do another taping with them, despite Susanna's repeated requests to be featured again.'
The mother failed to address the final line in TLC's statement.
During the episode that featured Mrs Barrett and her daughter, the mother fed her child packets of sugar in order to keep her energy levels high for her pageant performance.
She also said that she had spent $40,000 on Isabella's pageants.
The mother was shown telling the cameras that Isabella 'blew it' during the pageant that was featured on the show, comparing her performance to 'blowing the world series'.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The incoming 2014 Virginia women's lacrosse first-year players have been ranked as the No. 3 recruiting class in the September issue of Inside Lacrosse magazine.
On Nov. 28, 2012, head coach Julie Myers announced a group of seven players that had signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Virginia Cavaliers beginning with the 2013-14 season (Link to original recruiting class release). According to Inside Lacrosse, the group includes four players ranked in the publication's Top-25 Rising Freshmen list.
Incoming first-year attacker Besser Dyson (Alexandria, Va.) was heralded as Inside Lacrosse's No. 13 prospect. Dyson's high school teammate at St. Stephens & St. Agnes, defender Wyatt Whitley (Alexandria, Va.), also earned a top-15 ranking, coming in at No. 15. Midfielder Kelly Reese (Severna Park, Md.) and defender Maggie Preas (Rockville, Md.) were ranked No. 16 and 18, respectively, by the publication.
The recruiting class also includes goalkeeper Brittany Brown (New York, N.Y.) and midfielders Sarah Crowley (Greenlawn, N.Y.) and Posey Valis (Baltimore, Md.). The group of seven players includes five Under Armour All-Americans and three Washington Post first-team All-Met selections.
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QBs - Matt Ryan & Alex Smith
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WRs - Andre Johnson, Greg Jennings, Hakeem Nicks, and Johnny Knox
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not bad...
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thats ridiclues
Yeah No Way you got Chris johnson, and michael turner, AND ANDRE JOHNSON!
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I got michael turner in a trade (I traded Benson and Stephen Jackson)...I just cud not believe how Andre Johnson fell all the way to the second round however
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Good for a fake team.
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Is it that good that ur sayin its a fake team? cuz it is my team in a 12 team league h2h
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several spots are wide-open.1) Shared BeliefJerry Hollendorfer has had rotten luck with his Kentucky Derby hopefuls,
but so far, Shared Belief is doing all the right things. He's
3-for-3, has never been challenged, and his most recent work on dirt
was excellent. He's preparing for the Robert Lewis Stakes next month,
and he should be a heavy favorite to take down the 10 Derby points
that will go to that race's winner.2) Bond HolderSome
might say I have the Doug O'Neill trainee a few spots too high. My
counter has two parts. Firstly, Bond Holder leads all West Coast
3-year-olds with 11 Kentucky Derby points, and is roughly halfway to
a spot in that race's starting gate already. Secondly, his best races
have come on conventional dirt. Bond Holder became a Grade I winner
last October, when he won the FrontRunner, and his fourth-place
finish in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile was deceptively good. He should
only improve now that he's shipped to Santa Anita for the
winter/spring meet.3) TamarandoA consistent sort,
Hollendorfer's less-hyped trainee hasn't finished worse than third
since his debut. He's also a Grade I winner, but what gives Bond
Holder a slight nod over this son of Bertrando is that Tamarando's
biggest efforts have come on synthetic surfaces. He's Grade I-placed
on dirt, though, and consistency is a big plus this time of year.4)
Midnight HawkIt seems like Bob Baffert has an endless string of
talented 3-year-olds who may be ready to take major leaps forward.
Midnight Hawk is the likely favorite in the Sham off of an extremely
impressive win at first asking last month at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Add in back-to-back bullets at Santa Anita since then, and the son of
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co-feature in Arcadia.5) Candy BoyThis one's only
problem may be not liking Del Mar. After two off-the-board finishes
there to start his career, he ran second behind Tap It Rich (an
honorable mention for this list) at Santa Anita before breaking his
maiden in Inglewood and running second in the CashCall Futurity. As a
son of Candy Ride, more distance should not be an issue, and he
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No doubt employees will have been keen to keep any bad news under wraps so that the evening went without a hitch.
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Hiding the evidence: Simon ordered 960 bottles of lager ahead of his birthday party tonight
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Birthday boy: Simon Cowell
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It costs
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Work to do: A huge team of organisers are at the property to make sure everything runs smoothly
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Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.1. Renegade JE (((Jason))) Posted: December 03, 2011 at 04:39 PM (#4005697)
Any guesses on what players were most hostile to the presence of Olerud's wife? Hmmm, did she disapprove of in-game clubhouse card games?2. Sam M. Posted: December 03, 2011 at 05:26 PM (#4005719)
It's almost impossible to overstate the point made here: the course of the Mets for the entire decade would have been completely different if Phillips wouldn't have been a turd, and made it clear that any player's wife was welcome on any trip, and that any player(s) who objected better STFU. God, what an idiot. The 2000 team would have been much better. No Mo Vaughn; everything is just different with 2-3 more years of Olerud.3. Renegade JE (((Jason))) Posted: December 03, 2011 at 05:42 PM (#4005734)
Agreed, Sam. Let's remember too that Zeile did what he could to help his new club. Although a downgrade from Olerud, much of what he did for the Rangers in '99 was replicated in Flushing the following season. Also, wasn't Ventura his BFF?4. base ball chick Posted: December 03, 2011 at 06:28 PM (#4005784)
???bringing his wife on raid trips????5. Sam M. Posted: December 03, 2011 at 06:40 PM (#4005796)
does this mean on the team plane? or do they mean that the team believes that any ballplayer's wife has no right to drive/fly to any city she wants and watch any ballgame she wants and spend the nights with her husband in his hotel room? seeing as how they don't make major leaguers share hotel rooms any more.
how is it any of their damm business what someone who is not employed by the team does with her own time and money?
how is it any of their damm business what someone who is not employed by the team does with her own time and money?
Because they think that one player's wife will be watching what goes on during road trips, and they suspect she'll report back to other players' wives about what she saw them doing. The last thing they want is to be bringing some . . . um, lady they picked up at a bar or strip joint and be seen with her by Mrs. Olerud in the hotel lobby on the way up to their room.
So of course, Phillips sided with the man-whores.
Olerud left was because "some players on the team didn't like that he brought his wife on road trips."
There is, of course, no way on earth that this is the entire story. At the time of the move there were a number of articles about Olerud choosing his hometown, and a number of nice quotes from his wife and mother about the importance of raising a grandchild near family. This wasn't all BS. And of course, I don't really believe that this single issue could possibly have been so black and white - neither that this one thing would have driven Olerud away, nor that Bobby could had fixed it simply if he were not obstructed by Phillips. Finally, money was apparently a factor, and from what I can tell the Mets would only match the Mariners' initial offer.
But the takeaway is still this: Phillips was an ass. A couple weeks later they signed Zeile for the same amount of money that they offered Olerud, which is, to put it simply, evidence of an insanely flawed system. In one of the articles I read yesterday, written a day or two after Olerud's departure, Phillips said that it was "fun" to learn that Olerud was gone, because it meant that he had to get creative in his offseason. I don't think Bobby V's story is a real smoking gun, but it's just a bit more support for my opinion that Phillips was, for unfathomable reasons, basically uninterested in retaining Olerud.
how is it any of their damm business what someone who is not employed by the team does with her own time and money?
That's just one of the important lessons about baseball that Steve Phillips learned from the movie Major League.
[6]9. depletion Posted: December 04, 2011 at 12:08 AM (#4006100)
There is, of course, no way on earth that this is the entire story. At the time of the move there were a number of articles about Olerud choosing his hometown, and a number of nice quotes from his wife and mother about the importance of raising a grandchild near family. This wasn't all BS.
Olerud was far from being Mike "Colorado has great schools" Hampton.
The last thing they want is to be bringing some . . . um, lady they picked up at a bar or strip joint and be seen with her by Mrs. Olerud in the hotel lobby on the way up to their room
Not only that, but if one guy takes his wife along, many of the other wives are going to want to go along also. I still think it's a garbage reason.
The plain truth is that Olerud wanted out when Rickey told John's wife that he knew a girl who looked just like her who was banging her husband when they were both with Toronto. Of course, things got more complicated when he repeated the story when Rickey and John were reunited with the Mariners the very next year.11. Darren Posted: December 04, 2011 at 03:08 AM (#4006204)
10 is funny.12. Something Other Posted: December 04, 2011 at 05:11 AM (#4006325)
10 IS funny.13. bobm Posted: December 04, 2011 at 05:36 AM (#4006341)
Speaking of banging people who aren't your wife, the below is part of Herman Cain's speech giving up his shot at the nomination.
"I have made many mistakes in life -- everybody has. I made mistakes professionally, personally, as a candidate, in terms of how I run my campaign. And I take responsibility or the mistakes that I have made," he said. "But because of these false and unproved accusations, it has … had a tremendous painful price on my family."
In other words, said Cain, "I'm not responsible for effing anything, but all that #### I used to do is catching up with me, and I would have gotten away with it if you pricks hadn't caught me. Damn you."
Never mind the road trips, I'm not surprised Phillips didn't seem to appreciate Olerud the player. Intelligently evaluating major league talent wasn't in Phillips' wheelhouse.
[12] Intelligently evaluating major league talent wasn't in Phillips' wheelhouse.14. Sam M. Posted: December 04, 2011 at 07:00 AM (#4006378)
With the Mets or at ESPN? :)
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Inno3D doing a Graphics Plus package bundle
by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/08/2008 02:01 PM | Source | 0 comment(s)
Inno3D is releasing a new software bundle with some of their products. It's a relatively small company and as such is harder for them to do these deals. They offer really nice products as you know, you probably read many of our Inno3D iChill reviews.
Inno3D will bundle Warmonger (free download anyway ?), Far Cry 2 and then top it off with a trial copy of Badaboom transcoding software as well. So this is the deal:
- All GeForce 9 series products and newer will receive the Badaboom & Warmonger bundle, which unless I'm mistaken I believe you can download straight from the web for free anyway.
- Interesting though, all GeForce GTX 260 and 280 buyers will get that bundle and a full copy of Far Cry 2 as well.
Granted the Warmonger titles sucks badly as you can download it for free and it surely would have been nice to see a full copy of Badaboom. But the inclusion FC2 with the GTXes is not bad.
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Memories of Paco's - : Favorite memories of Paco's Café was heard during a "history field trip" sponsored Saturday morning by local historial Tony Olinger. The event was held in the original Paco's Café building in the 200 block of South Adams Avenue in Rayne and featured strong coffee and a "Closest to Paco's Biscuit" contest, won by Paco's grandson and namesake, Louis Borne, left, presented an etched rolling pin by Olinger, right. (Acadian-Tribune photo by Josie Henry)
Newly-sworn in Acadia Parish Sheriff KP Gibson discusses the outlook for the sheriff's office with the Rotary Club of Crowley. He discussed some of the changes he has and will make in his first term of office as well as some of the successes he looks to build upon in the future.
Rotarians recognize veterans, Paul Harris Fellows
At a banquet Tuesday night, the Rotary Club of Crowley recognized the veterans in attendance. They were from left, Rev. James Proctor, Rotarian; Dr. Cason delaHoussaye, husband of Rotarian Isabella delaHoussaye; Dr. Thomas "Bo" McNeely and Ralph Cowen, Rotarians; John Miers, husband of Rotarian Pat Miers (president); and Mike McBride and Scott Schumacher, Rotarians.
Gathered in the activities room of Southwind Healthcare and Rehabilitation, the Rotary Club of Crowley had much to be thankful for Tuesday night.
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Do you need to hire a painting contractor but don't know where to start? Today we are going to solve this trouble and simplify your life. We are going to teach you how you can hire this perfect painting contractor, so you can style your house the way you want to.
But it's important to pay a lot of attention and take notes if possible. We promise you that this article is going to be really short, but it'd be excellent if you could take some notes on what you learn here. Let's make it that way.
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One of the best ways to land the perfect painting contractor is by asking around. Just give a call to your dad, brother or friends and see them if they happen to know about a very good contractor. You will be surprised that most people know about at least one of them. And the best part is that you are getting this reference from someone you trust, and this will add a layer of protection to your investment.
And another good point is that it's very possible that the person who recommends you the contractor, does so because he has already been satisfied with the services provided. So just ask around and you will be surprised with the results.
Get In Contact With Three or More Contractors:
The more you get in contact with, the better. But don't abuse it. You should get quotes from at least three contractors. Why? Why is it relevant? Because here you will be able to pick the best deal and see the average price range. If you see that a price is too low or too high in comparison to other, you can use this opportunity to ask what they are not going to do, or what they are going to do in order to justify the higher price. This can bring very interesting results.
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If you want to hire a contractor that will get you the best value for your money, then you need to interview each one of the possible candidates. It doesn't have a to an FBI-like interview, just ask the following questions:
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Agartala going green with piped cooking gas, CNG vehicles
Agartala: Tripura`s capital city is planning to go green in a big way. Households would be provided piped cooking gas connections and thousands of vehicles would switch over to CNG from petrol or diesel by next year, a minister said Monday.
"Our aim is to make Agartala a green city (and) first of its kind in eastern India," Industries and Commerce Minister Jitendra Chowdhury told reporters here.
"By next year, all the households in Agartala would be covered by piped natural gas (PNG) connections for cooking. Already 12,200 households are connected with PNG," he said.
He said a large number of industrial units, hotels and crematoria were already running on PNG.
"In issuing vehicle permits, priority is given to those running on CNG (compressed natural gas) which is cost-effective and extremely environment-friendly," he said.
Agartala is home to about 400,000 people and has around 100,000 vehicles.
Flanked by officials of Tripura Natural Gas Company Ltd (TNGCL), the minister said about 4,000 auto-rickshaws and over 1,100 other vehicles had already been fitted with CNG kits.
The TNGCL, a joint venture of GAIL (India) Limited and the Tripura and Assam governments, has been supplying PNG and CNG in the city.
The TNGCL has three CNG supply stations in the city and four more would be commissioned soon, officials said.
According to an official, TNGCL was set to execute a Rs.57-crore business plan over the next five years to develop infrastructure for the green initiative.
"Agartala is the only city among 415 cities and small towns in the eight northeastern states where CNG and PNG are being used in a big way," the official added.
According to TNGCL managing director M.C. Deogam, after Maharashtra, Tripura ranks second in the rate of CNG-conversion of vehicles.
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Chapter One
Lawrence Firethorn gazed down in horror at the corpse of his young wife and let out a sigh of utter despair that sent tremors through all who heard it. Swaying over the hapless figure of the child-bride who had been plucked from him on his wedding night, he howled like an animal then held up his hands to heaven in supplication. When no comfort came from above, he was seized with an urge to wreak revenge for the savage murder and he pulled out his dagger to slash wildly at the air. The hopelessness of the gesture made him stand quite still and weep fresh tears of remorse. Then, on impulse, with a suddenness that took everyone by surprise, he turned the point of the dagger on himself and used brute power to plunge it deep into his own breast. Firethorn shuddered and fell to one knee. Though fading with each second, he managed to deliver a speech of sixteen lines with poignant clarity. He was down on both knees when he breathed his last.
Bereft am I of heart and hope, dear bride,
In your foul death, happiness itself has died.
Adieu, cruel world! Farewell, abhorred life!
I quit this void to join my loving wife.
Firethorn hit the ground with a thud that echoed through the taut silence. His outstretched fingertips made a last contact with the pale and forlorn hand of his bride. Anguished servants entered and the two bodies were lifted on to biers with reverential care before being carried out to solemn music. The noble Count Orlando and his adored young Countess would share a marriage bed in the family vault. Harrowed by the tragedyand caught up in its full implications, the onlookers did not dare to move or speak. Mute distress enfolded them.
It was broken in an instant by the reappearance of Lawrence Firethorn, leading out his company to take their bow before the full audience that was packed into the yard at the Queen's Head in Gracechurch Street. He was no stricken aristocrat now, no Italian nobleman who had just committed suicide in a fit of unbearable grief. Firethorn was the finest actor in London, pulsing with vitality and bristling with curiosity, coming out to take his place at the centre of the stage and reap his due reward while at the same time scanning the upper gallery for a particular face. Count Orlando was only one in a long line of tragic heroes played by the acknowledged star of Westfield's Men and it was a role in which he never ceased to work his will upon the raw emotions of the audience. They clapped and cheered and stamped their feet to show their approval of the play. Death and Darkness had weaved its magic web once more. Firethorn was being feted.
Applause was the life-blood of an actor and each member of the cast felt it coursing through his veins. Firethorn might think that all the adulation was being directed solely at him and he was replying with a bow of almost imperious humility but his fellows could dream their dreams as well. The small, squat figure of Barnaby Gill, standing beside him, believed that the ovation was in recognition of his performance as Quaglino, the ancient retainer, the one comic character in a tragic tale, the single filter of light in the prevailing blackness of the play. Edmund Hoode, tall, spare and with a youthful innocence that belied his age, pretended that the applause was in gratitude both for his affecting performance as the doomed lover of the Countess and for his skill as a playwright. Death and Darkness was an early piece from his pen but it had stood the test of time and the close scrutiny of many an audience.
And so it was with the rest of the company, right down to its meanest member, George Dart, the tiny assistant stagekeeper, pressed into service as a soldier, proudly wearing the uniform of Count Orlando's guard and quietly congratulating himself on having got his one deathless line`My lord, the Duke of Milan waits upon you'right for the first time in weeks. Though put inconspicuously at the outer limit of the semi-circle of actors, he bowed as deep as any of them, feeding hungrily on the sustained clapping while he could, knowing that he would be back to a more meagre diet of chores, complaints, gibes, outright abuse and occasional blows once he left the stage and returned to his accustomed role as the lowliest of the low. Theatre was indeed sweet fancy.
Nicholas Bracewell watched it all from his position behind the curtains. He was a big, well-groomed, handsome man with fair hair and a full beard. As book holder with the company, he stage-managed every performance with an attention to detail that lifted Westfield's Men above so many of their rivals. No matter how generous it might be, applause never penetrated to his domain behind the scenes and this state of affairs suited Nicholas. He had a commanding presence that was offset by a gift for self-effacement and he courted the shadows more than the sun.
While Lawrence Firethorn and the others lapped up the tumultuous admiration, the book holder was still calmly doing his job, noting from his vantage point that Barnaby Gill had torn his hose, that Edmund Hoode had dropped a stitch in the rear of his doublet and that George Dart had somehow lost a buckle off his shoe. Nicholas had also observed in the course of a hectic two hours that entrances had been missed, lines had gone astray and the musicians had not been at their most harmonious. He would have stern words for the offenders afterwards and would even be courageous enough to tell the volatile Firethorn that, during one of his major speeches, the leading man had mistakenly inserted four lines from another play. Nicholas was a relentless perfectionist.
He had also come to know his employer very well. Even though his view of Firethorn was confined to a bending back and a pair of thrusting buttocks, he could see what was animating Count Orlando. Somewhere in the gallery was a new female face with a roguish charm that had ensnared the actor. Nicholas had spotted the signs earlier when Firethorn was in the tiring-house, working himself up to full pitch, smiling benignly for once on all around him, evincing a confidence that was fringed with nervousness and hogging the mirror even more than usual. The book holder groaned inwardly. It was bad news for the whole company when its actor-manager blundered into yet another romantic entanglement, and it was an extra burden on Nicholas Bracewell because he was invariably used as a reluctant go-between. There was danger in the air.
Lawrence Firethorn confirmed it within a matter of seconds. After taking a last, loving, lingering bow, he blew a kiss to the upper gallery then led his troupe from the stage. As they poured into the tiring-house, they could still hear the tide of approval as it slowly ebbed away. The actors fell into happy chatter and the musicians began to play in their elevated position to cover the noisy departure of their patrons. With his familiar eagerness, Firethorn swooped down on his book holder.
`Nick, dear heart! I have important work for you.'
`There are chores enough to keep me busy, sir.'
`This is a special commission,' said Firethorn. `It comes direct from Cupid.'
`Can it not wait, Master?' said Nicholas, trying to evade a duty that was about to be thrust upon him. `I am needed here, as you may well judge.'
Firethorn grabbed him by the arm, pushed him towards the curtain then drew it slightly back to give them a view of the yard. His voice was an urgent hiss.
`Find out who she is!'
`Which lady has caught your attention?'
`That creature of pure joy and beauty.'
`There are several to fit that description,' said Nicholas, surveying the crowd as it dispersed. `How am I to pick her out from such a throng?'
`Are you blind, man!' howled Firethorn, pointing a finger. `She is there in the upper gallery.'
`Amid three dozen or more fair maids.'
`Outshining them all with her splendour.'
`I fear I cannot pick her out, Master.'
`The angel wears blue and pink.'
`As do several others.'
`Enough of this, you wretch!'
Firethorn punched him playfully and Nicholas saw that he could not escape his appointed task by a show of confusion. He had seen the young woman at once and the sight of her had rung a warning bell inside his skull. Even in the blaze of colour provided by the gallants and the ladies all around her, she stood out with ease. Her face was small, oval and exquisitely lovely with none of the cosmetic aids on which others had to rely so heavily. She was quite petite with a delicate vivacity apparent even at a cursory glance. Nicholas put her age at no more than twenty. She wore a dress in the Spanish fashion with a round, stiff-laced collar above a blue bodice that was fitted with sleeves of a darker hue. Pink ribbons flowed down both arms. Her skirt ballooned out with a matching explosion of blue and pink. Jewellery added the final touch to a glittering portrait.
`I think you have marked her now,' said Firethorn with a chuckle. `Is she not divine?'
`Indeed, yes,' agreed Nicholas. `But you are not the first to make that observation.'
`How so?'
`She is in the company of two young gentlemen.'
`What should I care?'
`Haply, one of them might be her husband.'
`That will not deter me, Nick. Had she fifty or more husbands, I would still pursue her. It only serves to add spice to the chase. I have something that no other man can offer. True genius upon the stage!'
`The lady has seen you at your peak.'
`Count Orlando has conquered her,' said Firethorn grandly. `I saw it every time I stepped out upon the boards. I drew tears from those pearls that are her eyes. I made her little heart beat out the tune of love.'
Nicholas Bracewell gave the resigned sigh of someone who had heard it all before. The actor had immense talent but it was matched by immense vanity. Firethorn believed that he simply had to perform one of his major roles in front of a woman and she would fling herself into his bed without reservation or delay. What made his latest target more alarming to Nicholas was the fact that she did not conform to the accepted type. Here was no practised coquette, sending hot glances down to stir Firethorn's ardour. The young woman was self-evidently not the kind of court beauty who enjoyed an occasional dalliance to break up the monotony of an idle and powdered existence. For all her undeniable charms and her gorgeous array, there was a wan simplicity about her, a lack of sophistication, the shy awkwardness of someone who was enthralled by the play without quite knowing how to comport herself at a playhouse.
She was unawakened and Lawrence Firethorn had elected himself as the man to open her eyes.
`Find out who she is, Nick.'
`Leave it with me, sir.'
`About it straight.'
`As you wish.'
A stocky man of medium height, Firethorn filled his lungs to expand his chest and got a last, fleeting glimpse of her before she left the gallery. He had reached an irrevocable decision. Still in the attire of an Italian aristocrat, he stroked his dark, pointed beard and gave a Machiavellian smile.
`I must have her!'
* * *
Born and brought up in Richmond with its quiet beauty and its abundant royal associations, Anne Hendrik had never regretted her move to Southwark. It was a dirtier, darker and more populous area with lurking danger in its narrow thoroughfares and the threat of disease in its careless filth. But it was also one of the most colourful and cosmopolitan districts of London, a vibrant place that throbbed with excitement and which had become the home of theatres and bear-baiting arenas and other entertainments which could flourish best outside the city boundaries. Anne had chosen to live there when she married Jacob Hendrik, an immigrant hatmaker, who brought his Dutch skill and conscientiousness to his adopted country. Theirs was a happy marriage that produced no children but which gave birth to a steady flow of fashionable headgear for all classes. The Hendrik name became a seal of quality.
When her husband died, Anne inherited a comfortable house and a thriving business in the adjoining premises. A handsome woman in her thirties, she was expected by almost everyone to mourn for a decent interval before taking another man to the altar and there was no shortage of candidates seeking that honour. Anne Hendrik kept them all at bay with a show of independence that was unlikely in a woman in her position. Instead of taking the softer options posed by remarriage, she picked up the reins of the business and proved that she had more than enough shrewdness and acumen to drive it along. Like her husband before her, she was not afraid to use a judicious crack of the whip over her employees.
`This will not be tolerated much longer,' she said.
`Hans is a good craftsman,' argued her companion.
`Only when he is here.'
`The boy was sent on an errand, Mistress.'
`He should have been back this long while.'
`Give him a little more time.'
`I have done that too often, Preben,' she said. `I will have to speak more harshly to Master Hans Kippel. If he wishes to remain as an apprentice under my roof, then he must mend his ways.'
`Let me talk to him in your stead.'
`You are too fond of the boy to scold him.'
Preben van Loew accepted the truth of the charge and nodded sadly. A dour, emaciated man in his fifties, he was the oldest and best of her employees and he had been a close friend of Jacob Hendrik. Though he specialized in making ostentatious hats for the gentry, the Dutchman was soberly dressed himself and wore only a simple cap upon his bulbous head. Hans Kippel was far and away the most able of the apprentices when he put his mind to it but there was a wayward streak in the youth that made for bad timekeeping and lapses of concentration. Entrusted with the task of delivering some hats in the city itself, he should have been back with the money almost an hour ago. Anne liked him enormously but even her affection was not proof against the nudging suspicion that temptation might have been too much for the lad. The money that he was carrying was worth more than three months' wages and he would not have been the first apprentice to abscond.
Preben van Loew read her mind and rushed to the defence of his young colleague.
`Hans is an honest boy,' he said earnestly.
`Let us hope so.'
`I know his family as well as my own. We grew up together in Amsterdam. You can always put your trust in a Kippel. They will never let you down.'
`Then where is he now?'
`On the road back, Mistress.'
`By way of Amsterdam?'
She had meant it as a joke but she rued it when his face crumpled. Preben van Loew was the mainstay of the business and she did not want to upset him in any way. At the same time, she could not allow an apprentice too much leeway or he would be bound to take advantage. Anne tried to make amends by praising the handiwork of her senior employee who was about to put the last carefully-chosen feather into a tall hat with a curling brim. It was a small masterpiece that would grace the head of a gallant. The Dutchman allowed himself to be mollified then fell into a refrain that she had heard all too often on the lips of her husband.
`They do us wrong to keep us out,' he moaned.
`It is the English way, I fear.'
`Why do they fear the foreigner so?'
`Simply because he is foreign.'
`We make hats as good as theirs but they will not let us join their Guilds. They have the first choice of all the work that is on offer. We have to struggle on down here, outside the city limits, so that we do not offend their noses with our Dutch smell.'
`They are jealous of your skills, Preben.'
`It is unjust, Mistress.'
`Jacob said as much every day,' she recalled. `He went to them and put his arguments but they were deaf to his entreaties. All they would do was to boast about their history. They told him that the Hatters and the Furriers united with the Haberdashers at the very start of this century. Among those Hatters were the Feltmakers who have been trying to form their own Guild of late.'
`I know, Mistress,' he said gloomily. `But the move has been opposed. What does it matter to us? None of these precious Guilds will appreciate our quality. They just wish to look after themselves and keep us out.'
`It may change in time, Preben.'
`I will not live to see it.'
`Justice will one day be done.'
`It has no place in business.'
Anne Hendrik was unable to reply. Before she could open her mouth, the door flew open and a scrawny youth in buff jerkin and hose came staggering in. Hans Kippel could not have made a more dramatic entrance. Anne moved across to reproach him and Preben van Loew stepped in to protect him then they both took a closer look at the newcomer. He was in great distress. His clothes were torn, his face was bruised and blood was oozing freely from a deep gash in his temple. Hans Kippel could barely stand. They helped him quickly to a seat.
`Rest yourself here,' said Anne.
`What happened?' asked Preben van Loew.
`I will send for a surgeon directly.'
`Tell us what befell you, Hans.'
The boy was trembling with fear. On the verge of exhaustion, he could barely dredge up strength enough to speak. When the words finally dribbled out, there was a tattered bravery to them.
`I saved ... it. They ... did not get ... the money ...'
With a ghost of a smile, he pitched forward on to the oak floorboards in a dead faint.
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Stanford Place stood in a prime position on the east side of Bishopsgate and dwarfed the neighbouring dwellings. It was built in the reign of Edward IV and had now been arresting eyes and exciting envy for well over a century. With a frontage of almost two hundred feet, it had four storeys, each one jettied out above the floor below. Time had wearied the timber framing somewhat and the beams had settled at a slight angle to give the facade a curiously lop-sided look but this only added to the character of the house. It was like a keystone in an arch and the adjacent buildings in Bishopsgate Street leaned against it for support with companionable familiarity.
The establishment ran to a dozen bedchambers, a small banqueting hall, a dining parlour, a drawing room, butler's lodging, servants' quarters, kitchens, a bake house, even a tiny chapel. There were also stables, outhouses and an extensive garden. It was around this last impressive feature of the house that its owner was perambulating in the early evening sunlight. Walter Stanford was a big, bluff man with apparel that suggested considerable wealth and a paunch which hinted at too ready an appetite. Yet though his body had succumbed to middle age, his plump face still had a boyish quality to it and the large brown eyes sparkled with childlike glee.
`There is always room for improvement, Simon.'
`Yes, Master.'
`No expense must be spared in pursuit of it.'
`That was ever your way, sir.'
`Look to the example of Theobalds,' said Stanford with a lordly wave of his hand. `When Sir Robert Cecil was gracious enough to invite a party of us there, we were conducted around his garden. Garden, do I say? It was truly a revelation.'
`You have commended it to me before, Master.'
`No praise is too high, Simon. Why, man, it beggars all description.' Stanford chortled as he hit his stride. `The garden at Theobalds is encompassed with a ditch full of water, so broad and inviting that a man could row a boat between the shrubs if he had a mind to. There was a great variety of trees and plants with labyrinths to provide sport and decoration. What pleased me most was the jet d'eau with its basin of white marble. I must have such a thing here.'
`Order has already been given for it.'
`Then there were columns and pyramids of wood at every turn. After seeing these, we were taken by the gardener into the summerhouse, in the lower part of which, built, as it were, in a semicircle, are the twelve Roman emperors in white marble, and a table of touchstone. The upper part of it is set round with cisterns of lead into which the water is conveyed through pipes, so that fish may be kept in them, and in summertime they are very convenient for bathing. And so it went on, Simon.'
`Indeed, sir.'
As steward of the household, Simon Pendleton was well-acquainted with his master's enthusiasms. Unlike many who make large amounts of money, Walter Stanford was always looking for new ways to spend it and his home provided him with endless opportunities. The steward was a short, slim, unctuous man in his forties with a high forehead and greying beard. Trotting discreetly at the heels of the other, he made a mental note of any new commissions for the garden and there was much to keep him occupied. Every time Stanford paused, he ordered some new trees, shrubs, flowers, or herbs. Whenever a gap presented itself in some quiet corner, he decided to fill it with some statuary or with a pool. Parsimony was unknown to the master of Stanford Place. He was generosity itself when his interest was aroused.
`It must all be ready in time,' he warned.
`I will speak to the gardeners, sir.'
`My hour of triumph comes ever closer, Simon.'
`And much-deserved it is,' said the steward with an obsequious bow. `Your whole establishment is conscious of the honour that you bestow upon them. It will indeed be a privilege to serve the next Lord Mayor of London.'
`It will be the summit of my achievement.'
Stanford was lost for a moment in contemplation of the joys that lay ahead. Like his father before him, he was a Master of the Mercers' Company, the most prestigious Guild in the city, first in order of precedence on all ceremonial occasions, and immortalized by the name of London's revered mayor, Dick Whittington, who had slipped immoveably into the folk-memory of the capital. The great man had also been Master of the Company and it was Stanford's ambition to emulate some of his achievements. He wanted to leave his mark indelibly upon the city.
`He built the largest privy in London,' he mused fondly. `In the year of our Lord, 1419, Richard Whittington erected a convenience in Vintry Ward with sixty seats for Ladies and for Gentlemen, flushed with piped water. What a legacy to bequeath to old London town!'
Pendleton coughed discreetly and Stanford came out of his reverie. He was about to continue his walk when he saw someone flitting through the apple trees towards him on the tips of her toes. She wore a dress of blue and pink that set off the colour of her eyes and the rosiness of her cheeks. Stanford held his arms wide to welcome her and his steward melted quickly into the undergrowth. The young woman came gambolling excitedly up.
`Matilda!' said Stanford. `What means this haste?'
`Oh, sir, I have so much to tell you!' she gasped.
`Catch your breath first while I steal a kiss.' He bent over to peck her on the cheek then stood back to admire her. `You are truly the delight of my life!'
`I have found delights of my own, sir.'
`Where might they be?'
`At the playhouse,' she said. `We saw Westfield's Men perform this dolorous tragedy at the Queen's Head. It made me weep piteously but it also filled me with such wonder. I beg of you to indulge me. When you are made Lord Mayor of London, let us have a play to mark the occasion.'
`There will be a huge procession, child, a ceremonial parade through the streets of the city. It will lack nothing in pomp and pageant, that I can vouch.'
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