For today's Six Sentence Sunday, I'm returning to my Regency paranormal romance, A Woman of Proper Accomplishments. Here, we see the protagonist's mother reacting after an incident that, while serious in nature overall, only resulted in a sprained ankle:
"You are not free of distress," Helena's mother said. "You are a cripple now. Oh, Mr. Preston, our daughter is a cripple! She cannot even be a governess if she is a cripple. Sophia, you must take your sister in when you marry. She injured herself to protect you.”
20 comments:
Well done. Love the borderline hysteria that comes out, especially knowing it's only a sprain.
sounds like my mother - overreaction at any cost. Good snippet
Nice Regency voice.
Oh boy, I have a mother in law just like that! Well done!
Awe. So sad! I hope she shows them all up!
I'm glad you prefaced your post by telling us it was only a sprained ankle. Otherwise, we'd have thought the poor girl was doomed to spinsterhood. Great voice and great snippet.
Love the mother is this! Actually, I think I know the mother in this.
Excellent portrayal of the times. I think my mother grew up in that era, lol
Haha. Moms are good for that. Great six!
Beautifully written six, the pace and voice are perfect.
OMG...how wonderfully over the top. Yes, I know people like that.
Mama is going to see to all of her chicks. Great voice!
Ugh, makes me wonder what happened to her and in which way she's crippled... Well done!
Thanks for all your comments.
Poor Helena! So glad my mom is not like that. . . .Great job with characterization.
I can vividly picture the character here. Well done!
Yikes! I'd hate to see her reaction if she'd really been injured. Great emotion and dramatics in this six :)
Love the over-reaction! Mums... :-)
I couldn't help thinking of Mrs. bennet in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice :-) Great 6.
Wow, now there's an overreaction... thank goodness my mom was never like this!
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