"Seeking the Niceties of Marriage", by Gratiana Lovelace, 2021 (Done)

Ch. 19 (PG-13): In the family way

"Seeking the Niceties of Marriage",
Ch. 19 (PG-13): In the family way, by Gratiana Lovelace,
September 07, 2021 (Post#1411) 

(An original Regency Romance story copyrighted by Gratiana Lovelace, 2021; All rights reserved);   [(1) story cover below left] 

[Illustrations: I cast my stories as I write them. So from time to time, I will illustrate my story with actors and such, including: Richard Armitage as Lord Edward Carlisle, Daniela Denby-Ashe as Lady Emily Creighton Carlisle, Blake Ritson as Lord Kittredge Wells, Polly Walker as Lady Patience Creighton the Countess of Stoke, Bill Nighy as Lord Nigel Creighton the Earl of Stoke, Christina Cole as Lady Cecily Englewood Wells, and others as noted.]

[Author's Note: This original Regency romance is a work of fiction, and as such, any character names, scenes or other descriptions were written at the creative discretion of this author. And this is a gentle and tender romance (G to PG-13), but with some frank discussions about love and marriage put to humorous effect. This is my disclaimer.]

Ch. 19 (PG-13): In the family way

Elsewhere in London, Lord Edward Carlisle muses upon his lifelong best friend Lord [Kittredge Wells] hasty wedding as his young and also newlywed wife Lady Emily naps next to him in their London Carlisle House bed chamber's large bed after a lovely romantic tryst after returning home from Lord Kitt's and Lady Cecily's wedding this Saturday evening. He hopes that the new Earl and Countess of Fielding will come to a marital understanding that is mutually agreeable to them both—him not knowing that they already have reached an understanding. Lord Edward is especially concerned because he knows how blessed he is with his dear wife Lady Emily. She is his treasure and his sweet love.

And the also recently wed Lord Edward's own wife Lady Emily dreams happily in the loving cocoon of romantic tenderness that she and her husband share. She also dreams of their child that is to be in eight months time. It will be a long wait, but they will be rewarded at the end with their baby son or baby daughter. She cannot wait to be its Mama. Of course Lady Emily's Mama Lady Creighton will also be a doting Grandmama—Lady Emily only prays that her Mama will not be too doting. And she thanks the stars that her Mama Lady Creighton is still in France. For now.

Lady Emily also hopes that Lord Kitt and Lady Cecily will be similarly blessed with children so they can be playmates and second cousins to each other—since she and Lord Kitt are first cousins. So it is accurate to surmise that Lady Emily has also not been taken into Lord Kitt and Lady Cecily's confidences about their marital arrangement.

So the Viscount and Viscountess of Carlisle—Lord Edward and Lady Emily—will be in for a surprise about their newlywed friends and cousins Lord Kittredge Wells and his new bride Lady Cecily Englewood Wells.

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And so it is that the [second] weekend following the Earl and Countess of Fielding's nuptials that the newlyweds return home to London in order to arrange their subsequent departure to journey to France that Lord Kitt promised his new wife Lady Cecily.

And they are both delighted to be back in London to see friends and family before they are off to a real foreign country on an extended wedding trip. So after refreshing themselves at Lord Wells main London Townhouse—with first a loving tumble in their master bed chamber, since their two hour journey back to London from Wells Castle did not afford them enough privacy [and comfort] within their carriage to be loving with each other, and then baths—the newlyweds visit their cousins, the Carlisle's this fine afternoon.

Upon being announced by the Carlisle House butler upon the back terrace, the newlyweds are engulfed in hugs and handshakes.

Lady Emily: "Cecily!" She squeals in delight with her usual youthful zeal as she embraces her new cousin by marriage warmly. "How was your wedding trip? Did you have a nice time at Wells Castle?  We loved our wedding trip there." Lady Emily asks the usual questions,