"Why do you have so many names?"
"Comment?"
"Names. Joseph, Paul—names."
"Oui, oui. Alors. So many before me, they make dead in battle. And so ma mère, she want me have protection of heaven. And so, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier."
"What do I call you then?"
"Gilbert."
THÉODORE PELLERIN as GILBERT DU MOTIER, THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
1x01, FRANKLIN (2024)
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AT SEA by lauryssamilkshakes
SUMMARY:
The first night on their honeymoon journey to India, Anthony has a nightmare where his greatest fear came true. Fortunately, Kate is there to steady him.
“I can assure you, happiness is not your strength,” Kate snapped, and Anthony resisted the urge to roll his eyes as he pressed his lips together and nodded. But then Anthony froze, for he heard the most foreboding buzzing sound in his ear, and to his horror, he realised there was a bee. Right there on the lapel of Kate's jacket. “Exasperation, perhaps – vexation, most definitely.”
Anthony could not move. He was rooted to the spot, barely able to hear Kate's words, and he no longer cared what she was saying, if she was cursing him to hell and back –
The buzzing grew louder. How could Kate not hear the damned creature? “The only feeling you are in fact capable of engendering, my lord, is that of discontent –”
“No – do not move!” Anthony burst out, finally able to find his words. And of course, because this was Kate Sharma, of course she didn't listen to him, Anthony Bridgerton, for there likely was not a soul she disagreed with more on the grounds of Aubrey Hall than him. There was nary a person in England she would listen to less than him, he was sure. “No, stand still, damn it!”
“Do not tell me what to do!” she said loudly, but it was now that Kate seemed to see some of the panic in Anthony’s eyes. Finally, Kate's eyes followed Anthony's line of sight – for it was improper, him staring directly at her bosom, but that godforsaken bee was perched right there on her lapel…
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