“N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons”, Ch. 42 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Seeks to Win Back His Fiona, Part 1, March 31, 2014 Gratiana Lovelace
(An original fan fiction copyrighted by Gratiana Lovelace; All rights reserved; Based on the Elizabeth Gaskell novel, North & South and its 2004 BBC adaptation; No copyright infringement intended)
[I will illustrate my story using my dream cast from the 2004 BBC production of “North & South” and other actors for additional characters: Richard Armitage for John Thornton, Daniela Denby-Ashe for Margaret Hale, Lesley Manville for Mrs. Maria Hale, Tim Pigott-Smith for Mr. Richard Hale, Sinead Cusack for Mrs. Hannah Thornton, Jo Joyner for Fanny Thornton, Brendan Coyle for Nicholas Higgins, and Graham McTavish as Dr. Cameron Ogilvy, Holliday Grainger for Angharad Ogilvy MacIntosh, Simon Woods for Baird Ogilvy, and Emma Ashton as Mrs. Dillard, John Light as Henry Lennox, Tim Faraday as Watson, Gillian Anderson at Carlotta Quint Watson, and Jeremy Northam as Dr. Miles Houghton, etc] [(1) story logo]
Author’s Mature Content Note: “N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons” is a story with mature themes of love and relationships set within a period drama of the 1850’s and beyond. As such there will be heartfelt moments of love and sensuality (S)--as well as other dramatic emotions, including some violence (V)--and I will rate those chapters accordingly. If you are unable or unwilling to attend a movie with the ratings that I provide, then please do not read that chapter. This is my disclaimer.
Author’s Recap from the previous chapter: Baird Ogilvy’s letters of apology to Fanny and to John Thornton reach John at his Mill Office the latter morning of Wednesday, April 2, 1851. John has to admit that he is impressed with Baird’s humility. John and Margaret give Fanny her letter from Baird to read--the contents of which he can only surmise--and he allows her to read Baird’s letter to John. However, Fanny’s numbed and shocked reaction to both letters--with her walking woodenly to her bed chamber--concerns them both. Once in the privacy of her bed chamber at Thornton Manor, Fanny rereads Baird’s letter to herself while clutching the lovely pale pink rose that was with the letter--and she weeps.
“N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons”, Ch. 42 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Seeks to Win Back His Fiona, Part 1
After a week of the torment of not seeing nor hearing from Fiona/Fanny Thornton, Baird Ogilvy is at his wits end--and he has not had replies from Fiona nor her brother John to his letters to them. Baird knows that he was imprudent and foolish in leaving Fanny standing in the middle of the dance floor at the ball--and then not calling upon her the next day to apologize, nor even sending her a note or his card.
And Baird feels that he should at least apologize to Fiona for his boorish behavior and make amends, even if they will not marry. Or so that is how he rationalizes to himself and to his sister Angharad as to why he will travel to Milton this Wednesday, April 2nd, 1851--first to seek his father, Dr. Cameron Ogilvy’s, guidance, then to speak with John--before Baird hopes to have an audience with Fanny. Angharad merely smiles wanly and hopes that her brother and Fanny can patch things up.
Upon reaching Milton in the early afternoon of Wednesday, April 2nd, Baird leaves the Milton Train Station and he immediately hires a carriage to take him directly to his father’s home that his also his medical practice building. But before he can knock, the large wood paneled front door opens and Baird is greeted by his father’s new medical partner, Dr. Miles Houghton.
Dr. Miles: “Oh! Hello!” He says cordially and inviting the young man before him in. Baird looks at the man curiously--forgetting who he probably is. “My apologies for answering the door directly, but our medical assistant is out with a cold.” Then Dr. Miles [(2) right] says in a jocular fashion as he leans into Baird. “It wouldn’t do to have people become more sick when visiting their doctor. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
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