Remember Me: The Victorian Era

The Picnic in The Park

Lord Andrew Charles Howard finally gets his change when Karissa Elizabeth Ann Lowell invites on a Sunday picnic in the park in Bedford Territory, and Lord Richard William Carey agrees to escort his cousin to Bedford Territory and he takes him out to Madame's Boarding House and he walks Lord Andrew Charles to where Karissa is waiting for him in the garden at Madame's Boarding House.

Lord Andrew Charles is dressed in a Victorian suit rather than a Regency suit and he bows to Karissa and she curtsy to him " Thank you for inviting me to join you today." Lord Andrew Charles tells her.

"I just thought you and I should get to know each other as friends." Karissa explains " It 's best to be friends before anything else."

My cousins are taken by your friends." Lord Andrew Charles tells Karissa.

"I can't speak for Susan or Katherine." Karissa tells him. " Susan wants only friends and no one is sure what Katherine wants."

"The question is what you want, Lord Andrew Charles?" Karissa tells him.

"I want a chance to get to know you, Karissa. " Lord Andrew Charles tells her.

"I am giving you that chance today, but let's keep it friendly.' Karissa tells him.

"I want a chance to court you and in time marry you." Lord Andrew Charles tells her.

"Wait a minute, Lord Andrew Charles Howard. I am not ready to marry yet." Karissa states "I am only 19 years old."

"I know that these silly aristocratic women marry early but I am not an aristocrat or even from a gentry family." Karissa explains.

"Oh! Where I came from - we have upper, upper middle, middle, middle low and low class." Karissa states.

"You might say I once came from a middle class American family, but that all changed after World War Three and all of my family dropped like flies due to long term side effects of radiation sickness." Karissa explains.

"Haven't you ever heard the phrase " Poor girls don't marry rich boys, but F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in his novel "The Great Gatsby" Rich girls- don't marry poor boys." Karissa tells Lord Andrew Charles.

"I am that poor girl, and so is Susan and Katherine." Karissa explains, " All of you are Rich and born into the aristocracy."

"I don't have much to offer." Karissa explains.

"Oh! You do, Karissa. You just don't know it yet" Lord Andrew Charles tells her.

"Susan, Katherine and you must all want something." Lord Andrew Charles asks.

"I have no clue what Susan or Katherine want, as they have never told me." Karissa answers.

"What we want and what we need are two different things, Lord Andrew Charles." Karissa answers.

"Tell me what you want?" Karissa asks him.

"I want to marry you, and start a family." Lord Andrew Charles tells her.

"I want a family but not a marriage." Karissa tells him " Marriage can come later."

"You want a family without marriage?" Lord Andrew Charles asks.

"Marriage is conditional and only after the man gives me my daughter and once he has done so I will marry him.' Karissa tells him.

"What? No man can guarantee you a daughter on the first try." Lord Andrew Charles explains.

"I promise no man I will marry him until he gives me my daughter." Karissa tells him.

"Why won't a healthy child suffice?" Lord Andrew Charles asks.

"Sons are a dime a dozen, but daughters are a treasure." Karissa explains.

"I would like a dozen beautiful daughters if I could be guaranteed that I would have them." Karissa explains, " I know every man in this damn world wants a son or two."

"My first child must be a daughter and if the man gives me my daughter and only then will I marry him." Karissa explains.

Lord Andrew Charles Howard remembers what his old grandfather said he didn't care what his first male line great-grandchild was and he is thoughtful but he doesn't want to move too fast.

Lord Andrew Charles and Karissa spend the day in the park and they share a picnic lunch and pass the day together.