"N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", by Gratiana Lovelace (2013-2014) (Done)

Ch. 72 (PG-13): 3.5 Years Later, Seeking a Son to Love

"N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", Ch. 72 (PG-13):  3.5 Years Later, Seeking a Son to Love,  July 26, 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 Ogilvy, Jo Joyner for Fiona/Fanny Thornton Ogilvy, Brendan Coyle for Nicholas Higgins, 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, Jeremy Northam as Dr. Miles Houghton, Gerard Butler as Lord Jamie Ogilvy, and Juliette Lewis as Lady Thistle Ogilvy, etc.]  [(1) story logo, top right] 

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.  As such there will be heartfelt moments of love and sensuality (S)--as well as other dramatic emotions (D), 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:  Later on the same day that her mother Hannah Lady Airlie gave birth to her and Cameron Lord Airlie's son Lord Gavin Vicetor Ogilvyon Friday, November 28, 1851--Lady Fiona gave birth five weeks early to unexpected twins whom she and her husband Lord Baird named Lord William Charles Ogilvy and Lady Agnes Diana Ogilvy.    Fiona was in a bit of a tizzy during the birthing process since she was not able to follow much of her birthing plan--being at Airlie Castle instead of at their home AirlieCottagein Scotland being chief among them.  Except for using her specially made birthing chair.  And her cousin the little five year old Lady Blythe aided in the birth by guiding the first baby out with her tiny hands.  The extended Thornton-Ogilvy families were gathering for a lovely Christmas in Scotland--and indeed, it was.

N&S:  John Thornton, Love Lessons", Ch. 72 (PG-13):  3.5 Years Later, Seeking a Son to Love

For John and Margaret Thornton, the first four and a half years of their marriage has brought them much bliss. They found each other as loving soulmates and their love brought their now almost four year old daughter Audrey Grace into their lives.  Both Marlborough Mills in Milton, England and its companion business venture of the Ogilvy-Thornton Scottish Mills in Angus, Scotland are thriving--as are the people who work in them, due to the worker employment, housing, education, and medical care reforms that John and his stepfather Dr. Cameron Ogilvy (Lord Airlie) have put into place.

The Spring of 1855 finds John and Margaret much contented--but for one aspect, they do not have a son.  John swore after Margaret's difficult and life threatening birthing of their daughter Audrey Grace three and a half years ago that he would not subject her to another childbirth.  They will adopt if they want more children.  And they do want more children to love and to nurture. 

But two years ago when Cameron broached the topic of a new baby boy born in Scotland that John and Margaret might adopt--because the mother was so young at fifteen and still a child herself really--the adoption did not happen.  John and Margaret had hesitated because their two year old daughter Audrey Grace was still quite a handful. And so the Scottish bairn up for adoption was placed in Lord Jamie and Lady Thistle Ogilvy's home--the second son that Lord Jamie had always wanted, since his wife Lady Thistle had also developed a delicate constitution after their middle child's Mairi's stillborn birth and then their youngest Lady Blythe's birth and her health issues now eight and a half years ago.