This Star Trek Romance Novel takes places in 22nd Century, but you have to place yourself back into the turn of the 20th century to understand it.
You must love the following movies: The Love Letter, Some Where In Time, and The Secret Garden.
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Karissa got up from David and she was sitting out in the garden at Elmhurst Estate and she said, "It is getting late David and I really must return to Madame's Boarding House, but I will return later."
"Do you have to go Karissa?" David asks her holding her in his arms.
"I must really be going David. I don't want Madame to worry about me. She has been like a mother to me since I first arrived here on Star Base 12. She opened up her home to me and embraced as her own daughter." Karissa replies, "I will be back."
"I wish you didn't have to go Karissa, but I respect Madame and you." David tells her as he sees his coach pull up and says, "I am going to miss you."
"How can you miss me when I am right here on Star Base 12. It's not like I am going to another Star Base." Karissa explains, "I must return to Madame's."
"You could stay here at Elmhurst Estate. You would have your own set of suites." David tells Karissa, "Do you know how lonely and sad Elmhurst Estate has been until you have came into my life?"
"I have no idea David." Karissa replies, "but my home for now is at Madame's Boarding House."
"Elmhurst Estate was so dreary and bleak until you came here. I would just come home from work every afternoon and sit by myself. I wouldn't even venture out into the garden. It reminds me of my late mother. It was her favorite place art Elmhurst." David tells Karissa.
"David, There is a song by Lucy Simon and Marsha Mason from the Secret Garden and it is called "Come To My Garden." Karissa replies, "Would like to hear me sing it it?"
"I would very much like to hear that song sung by you Karissa." David tells her.
Come to my garden nestled in the hills There I'll keep you safe beside me Come to my garden, rest there in my arms There I'll see you safely grown and on your way
Stay there in the garden Where love grows free and wild Come to my garden Come, sweet child
Lift me up and lead me to the garden Where life begins anew Where I'll find you And I'll find you love me too
Lift me up and lead me to the garden (Come to my garden) Where life begins anew (Rest there in my arms) Where I'll tell you, where I'll show you (There I'll see you safely grown) A new life, a new life (And on your way)
SONGWRITERS MARSHA NORMAN;LUCY SIMON
PUBLISHED BY WB MUSIC CORP
Karissa starts to sing this marvelous Broadway Musical The Secret Garden that won several Tony Awards in the year of 1992.
David listens to her sing "Come Into My Garden." and when she finishes stop singing she explains why Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote the Secret Garden and why she loved gardens so much.
"Frances Hodgson Burnett had a Old English Manor in England with a garden out in the back of it and one of her sons had T.B. as long as he remained indoors he did not get well but as soon as she took him out into the garden the little boy seemed to grow healthier. Mrs. Burnett was a Christian Science Practitioner. However, Mrs Burnett left England for The United States and immigrated there legally and she died in New York State." Karissa tells David.
"Mrs Burnett believed what Mary Baker Eddy taught and she believed in natural remedies, herbal remedies, fresh air, healthy food, and she didn't drink, smoke, or do any vile nature. She also wrote The Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy,and White People." Karissa tells David.
"No one really knows why she was fascinated with India, but she may have traveled there as as two of her novels on based in India. One during the end of Queen Victoria Term and into her grandson, King George The V and the other is based around the Cinema War around Florence Nightingale." Karissa replies.
"Florence Nightingale was another fascinating person. She is credited for starting The First School of Nursing, when women were only allowed to become teachers, and housewives." Karissa explains, "Ms. Florence Nightingale never married and she died at the age of 91."
"Clara Barton learned from Florence Nightingale and she is credited for The American Red Cross and both women were decorated by the Heads of their Counties, Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria. They were born a year apart and died a year apart and neither of them married." Karissa explains.
"It was said that Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and President Abraham Lincoln loved each other and offered correspondence with each other. When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert mourned the loss of a wonderful man." Karissa states.
"I wish you did not have to leave Karissa. I am begging you not to leave me." David asks.
"I promise I will be back tomorrow and we will talk further David, but I really must be going . I don't want Madame to worry about as she has been a mother to me." Karissa replies, "Please walk me to the carriage.
David walks Karissa to his carriage, he helps to get into it and says, "Master Davis, Please see the Ms Karissa gets home safely to Madame's Boarding House."
"Yes Lord Beck, I will see that Ms Karissa arrives safely back at Madame's." Mr Davis tells Lord Beck.
"Adieu Karissa. I will miss you until tomorrow." David tell her.
"Adieu David, until tomorrow. May The Lord and Lady Be with You." Karissa answers and the carriage starts on it way back to Madame's Boarding House.
David watches the carriage until he can no see it and he walks back into Elmhurst Estate.
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David walks back into the loneliness of Elmhurst Estate and he looks out his bay-window from the living room and he hopes to get one last glance if he can before the carriage is out of sight.
