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adivasheadvoices) wrote2012-08-03 08:32 pm
adivasheadvoices) wrote2012-08-03 08:32 pm
Test run: Lady Percy, sometime pre-Henry IV pt I
[First, notes on Kate:
Kate is properly called Lady Elizabeth, after her grandmother, Elizabeth de Burgh, but to her lord she is always and ever Kate. She is some years younger than her husband (historically 32 to his 37 [Joe Armstrong is 34, Michelle Dockery is 31]), but she has always been his match. She reads and writes very well, embroiders and keeps accounts, and knows a little medicine -- the sorts of skills the mistress of a house needs. When her husband is away, she runs the household with as firm a hand as he does, though perhaps a more even-tempered one.
It's Harry that brings out her bad temper, her impulsiveness. Kate tries to keep Harry's choler in check, and more often than not she succeeds -- but if he can't be calmed down, then he will of a certainty set her off, and they'll have one of their fights that set the servants to shaking their heads. Kate has never had any qualms about striking her husband, if it seems warranted, since he won't hesitate to toss her about by the same token. (But she only actually broke his finger the one time, when he ignored her for a week in favor of arguing with his father, and she needed some way of making him fight with her again.)
She loves Harry deeply, even when she wants to dash his head against the wall, and she counts herself blessed that he loves her so in return.
She enjoys riding, embroidery, and good food. She takes care with her clothes and appearance when she must, but day to day she wears her hair loose and prefers simple gowns to elaborate ones. Her favorite dog is named Jack.]
Harry and his father have been some days from home, but they are to be returning soon, and Kate's mind is more on the preparations for their return than on where her feet are taking her. There will have to be food and drink and entertainment--
But she is not so far away that she won't notice when she walks through the door to the storeroom and into somewhere entirely different, full of people and noise and utterly unfamiliar decor.
Lady Percy halts, and narrows her eyes, and considers whether this is a miracle or merely madness.
Kate is properly called Lady Elizabeth, after her grandmother, Elizabeth de Burgh, but to her lord she is always and ever Kate. She is some years younger than her husband (historically 32 to his 37 [Joe Armstrong is 34, Michelle Dockery is 31]), but she has always been his match. She reads and writes very well, embroiders and keeps accounts, and knows a little medicine -- the sorts of skills the mistress of a house needs. When her husband is away, she runs the household with as firm a hand as he does, though perhaps a more even-tempered one.
It's Harry that brings out her bad temper, her impulsiveness. Kate tries to keep Harry's choler in check, and more often than not she succeeds -- but if he can't be calmed down, then he will of a certainty set her off, and they'll have one of their fights that set the servants to shaking their heads. Kate has never had any qualms about striking her husband, if it seems warranted, since he won't hesitate to toss her about by the same token. (But she only actually broke his finger the one time, when he ignored her for a week in favor of arguing with his father, and she needed some way of making him fight with her again.)
She loves Harry deeply, even when she wants to dash his head against the wall, and she counts herself blessed that he loves her so in return.
She enjoys riding, embroidery, and good food. She takes care with her clothes and appearance when she must, but day to day she wears her hair loose and prefers simple gowns to elaborate ones. Her favorite dog is named Jack.]
Harry and his father have been some days from home, but they are to be returning soon, and Kate's mind is more on the preparations for their return than on where her feet are taking her. There will have to be food and drink and entertainment--
But she is not so far away that she won't notice when she walks through the door to the storeroom and into somewhere entirely different, full of people and noise and utterly unfamiliar decor.
Lady Percy halts, and narrows her eyes, and considers whether this is a miracle or merely madness.