“Do you think she’ll like me?” Sophie whispered to Mrs. Gibbons, the housekeeper. Sophie nodded, mentally adding Posy’s requests to her daily list of chores. But Miss Timmons had caught a head cold and refused to leave the nursery and come downstairs. The earl nodded and murmured his thanks, and Sophie was still waiting, completely unsure of what to do. Occupation It only” –Posy finished chewing and paused while she swallowed– “whets her appetite.”, “Was the column very good this morning?” Sophie asked, shifting the tray to rest on her hip. Let Me Be Your Anchor. “Yes, it is quite. Or maybe she could find today’s edition of Whistledown. “SLG. “As if they were made for the dress.”, “We don’t have time for admiring shoes,” Mrs. Gibbons suddenly said. Even the countess’s hat was adorned by a long feather, its turquoise plume glittering in the hard winter sun. The girls moved immediately to their mother’s side. “I’m always glad to help Posy,” Sophie replied. “Don’t forget that Rosamund will need her hair powdered.”. She might have to serve as maid to Araminta and her daughters, but at least she had a home. But she had to put up with her. She had been reading Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers since it had debuted in 1813, and the gossip columnist was almost always correct when it came to matters of the Marriage Mart. What he plans to do with the house, I’ll never know.”, “Perhaps he wishes to attend the season and look for a wife,” Sophie suggested. I promise you’ll have it in plenty of time.”, “I won’t be late for this ball,” Rosamund warned. “Near the nursery. Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. Then, as the two girls stepped aside, the earl reached up to help one last person from the carriage. Don’t you ever, ever make the mistake of thinking you are as good as the rest of us.”. Well, nothing but a roof over her head. It was barely six blocks to Bridgerton House, where the masquerade was to be held, but Araminta would have insisted upon the carriage if they’d lived right next door. Sophie gulped, not exactly certain where she was meant to stand. Sophie forbore to point out that at least Araminta didn’t have to pay for a lady’s maid. Two hours that she’d have to make last a lifetime. Unlike the other children in the district, she was never invited to local parties and events. “There’s no time to lose!” the housekeeper said. Debut You do have such a knack for picking out my clothing.” Posy smiled as she reached out and plucked a sugared biscuit from the tray. No one actually came out and called her a bastard– to do so was tantamount to calling the earl, who had made one declaration that Sophie was his ward and then never revisited the subject, a liar. An Offer from a Gentleman He’d watched the paper shrivel and curl in the flames, then ordered a room made up for Sophie near the nursery. Sophie smiled to herself as she stood to help Araminta out of the gown. “Really, it can be quite humdrum, you know.”. Rosamund was attending dressed as Marie Antoinette. “Watch where you’re going, Posy!” Rosamund snapped. Sophie adjusted a few pins. Even the dogs were sitting dutifully in the corner, their leads held tight by the Keeper of the Hounds. Somehow it seemed best not to. Posy’s cheeks stained red, and she stepped aside. She’d been told that Rosamund was eleven and Posy was ten. “What are you chattering about?” Araminta demanded. It is so difficult to find a proper house to rent. Which was the name of his cottage. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Her golden hair and blue eyes were all the rage that year, and thanks to the generous dowry settled upon her by the late earl, it was widely assumed that she would make a brilliant match before the season was through. It was an awful place, damp and dark, with a stench that Violet feared would haunt her the rest of her days. He hadn’t been ignoring her, after all. Nothing can ever come from their meeting, but Benedict … Mrs. Gibbons reached out to pat her on the head, but Sophie had already dashed off to the window, practically pressing her face up to the glass. “It is a lovely shade of green,” Sophie replied quite honestly. She’d been bathed and perfumed, her hair had been dressed, and one of the housemaids had even applied a touch of rouge to her lips. Sophie gulped. She is determined that one of us snare one of the remaining Bridgerton brothers, you know.”, “And to make matters worse, that Whistledown woman has been writing about them again. Sophie didn’t think she’d ever seen Mrs. Gibbons wink. “There was a review of Lady Worth’s recent ball, a bit about Viscount Guelph, who seems rather smitten with some girl from Scotland, and then a longish piece on the upcoming Bridgerton masquerade.”. “Ah, Sophia,” he murmured, “I didn’t realize you were in the hall.”. The housemaid who had rouged Sophie’s lips held up a pair of white slippers. She denied, but somehow he blackmailed her into working for his mother. She should have remembered that the stairs would be slick; she’d helped the downstairs maid wax them just that morning. I–” “Haven’t you gotten started on my gown yet?” Araminta thundered as she returned from the washroom. Hurry!”, Sophie cast bewildered eyes at the lot of them. “This ball is very important,” Araminta said sharply. https://bridgertonbooks.fandom.com/wiki/Benedict_Bridgerton?oldid=192. The earl introduced the countess and her daughters to the butler, and the butler introduced them to the servants. “I do hope Lady Whistledown is right about him.”. Sophie’s breath caught in her throat as she waited for the new countess to emerge. A free evening was a luxury indeed. But her eyes hadn’t been as certain as her tone. I find the sound of your voice particularly grating.”, “Mama,” Posy said, “Sophie is going to dress my hair tonight like–”, “Of course she’s going to dress your hair. She invited many aristocrats and Benedict had most likely met them all. “Just see that you do,” she finally said, her syllables clipped. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Benedict is in high society standing, where Sophie is not of the same class. It was the truth, of course, but no one had ever said it aloud. Sophie sighed. Sometimes it seemed that was all she did with her life. “You listen to me,” she said in a menacing voice. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Benedict Bridgerton, in the third of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. He'd often think of the lady in silver and only know her as her. When the single-sheet newspaper had debuted two years earlier, speculation had been rampant. A steaming tub of water lay right in the center, and all three housemaids were bustling about. Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. The earl had refused. On this trip he learned her name Sophie Beckett. “Oh, that’s rich,” Araminta said, barely able to catch her breath. Bridgerton's Kathryn Drysdale has shared her thoughts on the enduring question of Benedict Bridgteron's sexuality, and it appears she too is none the wiser. An Offer From a Gentleman is the third Bridgerton book, and it’s Benedict Bridgerton’s book. Sophie cleared her throat again, this time more loudly, and said, “My lord?” in a voice that came out a bit more squeaky than she’d intended. “They looked tired,” she lied. He’d been working on his latest drawing for a number of hours and something wasn’t right. I found some green ribbons that look a little like seaweed.”, Sophie let out a long breath. A few minutes later the maid returned with a pair of white satin slippers, stitched in silver and adorned with exquisite faux-diamond rosettes. Sophie's days are pure drudgery until one night when her fellow servants conspire to help her attend a masquerade ball. The thought of walking anywhere in Araminta’s shoes was somewhat creepy. BENEDICT’S STORY. The new earl–” She shuddered with distaste; she still considered the new earl an interloper, never mind that he was the old earl’s closest living male relative. She didn’t smile at the girls this time. Never mind that the shape of her face looked remarkably like that of the earl’s recently deceased mother, or that her smile was an exact replica of the earl’s sister’s. Unlike her mother and sister, her hair and eyes were quite dark, and her cheeks were a bit pudgy. But Sophie was rootless. “Just bring it in. Aliases “I found matching gloves.”, Sophie looked up to see the housekeeper holding up a pair of long, elbow-length gloves. One was pouring one last pitcher of water into the tub, another was fiddling with the lock on a rather mysterious-looking trunk, and the third was holding a towel and saying, “Hurry! Sophie tried to smile and failed. Your grandmother.”. “I’ll try, Posy, but I have to mend Rosamund’s dress and alter your mother’s.”, “Oh.” Posy looked crestfallen. I’m so glad you like it. Sophie nodded and followed her out of the hall. Sophie looked up to see Rosamund crashing into Posy, who was barreling through the door. “I was watching. And that was what really mattered. The nerve of the man. He's the male main character of the book An Offer from a Gentleman. She’d already read all of the novels in the library, and as neither Araminta, Rosamund, nor Posy was particularly enamored of reading, Sophie couldn’t look forward to a new book entering the house. She is eleven. “This,” the countess said, “is Rosamund. However you may visit Cookie Settings to provide a controlled consent. Bridgerton Son No.2 Species Sophie's new stepmother hates her, and when the Earl passes away, she relegates Sophie to the role of servant. If we are late for the ball, you will answer for it tomorrow.”. And, of course, the earl. It’s impossible to get out of your way, you big oaf.”. By then, of course, it was cold, so she had to order a fresh pot. 1 - 20 of 27 Works in Sophie Beckett/Benedict Bridgerton. I’ve cleaned enough scuff marks from them.”, Mrs. Gibbons let out a long sigh. In fact, reading Whistledown was really Sophie’s one true enjoyable pastime. Sophie clamped her mouth shut. She’d like nothing more than to live a day of Posy’s humdrum life. He had owned up to his responsibility to the girl for seven years, and he wasn’t going to stop now. I’m coming!” Sophie hitched up the hem of her coarse woolen skirts and hurried up the stairs, slipping on the fourth step and only just barely managing to grab the banister before landing on her bottom. Sophie gulped and smiled again at the friendly girl, but this time the little girl chewed on her lower lip in indecision and then cast her eyes toward the floor. He was just leaving when he saw a maid being held inappropriately by three men. A few days later Sophie was taking care of his very young cousins. Her little fingers crossed and a single whisper of, “Please,” whispered over her lips. “Now all we need are shoes.”, Sophie glanced ruefully at her serviceable and ugly work shoes that sat in the corner. A New York Times Bestseller. “Coming, Rosamund! Renewed for Season 2! This book explores the relationship between Benedict Bridgerton (the second born) and Sophie Beckett, an illegitimate daughter of an earl. You guessed it: He also falls in love. I should really be getting to the kitchen with it.”, Posy smiled. How does that feel?”, Araminta twisted this way and that, then finally declared, “It’ll do.”. I adore all of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series, but I did duck this one a star, simply because - although the book is full of Quinn's wonderfully fluid writing and both Benedict and Sophie are absolutely adorable – I got very tense waiting for the moment when Benedict would find out Sophie's real identity which came rather late in the book. also featuring select bridgerton books content, as well as netflix series things! “Don’t worry,” she assured her. Which takes place during the social season of 1817 although the start began in 1815. After seven years alone in the nursery, Sophie was delighted. I adore all of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series, but I did duck this one a star, simply because - although the book is full of Quinn's wonderfully fluid writing and both Benedict and Sophie are absolutely adorable – I got very tense waiting for the moment when Benedict would find out Sophie's real identity which came rather late in the book. Not, of course, that Sophie had ever had the chance to see the Marriage Mart for herself. Sophie had been considering the very same thing, and she groaned. Eye color Sophie looked again at the clock. She’ll notice the tiniest speck of dirt the instant I lift my hem to climb a step.”. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. He presented the kitchen maids, the upstairs maids, the scullery maids. She wasn’t entirely certain how she knew it, just that she did, and probably had her entire life. Sophie, put your slate down. The new earl, who’d been drinking steadily throughout the meeting, just shrugged. It would be glorious to have sisters. Oh, she knew she could not call them her sisters. “Well, Posy will need your help in some manner or other, I’m sure.”. The countess, whose given name was Araminta, had insisted that very first day that Sophie be removed from the house. Sophie’s hand moved slowly up to her hair. This Author isn’t even going to attempt to speculate. Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. Marital status “Well, she is your grandmother,” Mrs. Gibbons declared. –unless she agrees to shelter and care for my ward, Miss Sophia Maria Beckett, until the latter reaches the age of twenty, in which case her yearly income shall be trebled to six thousand pounds. And so at the age of ten, Sophie’s best friends were maids and footmen, and her parents might as well have been the housekeeper and butler. “You just have a good time, dearling. And the countess would have to be blind, stupid, or both not to realize in an instant that Sophie was something more than the earl’s ward. “And who might this be?” the countess asked, stepping forward to get a better look. A New York Times Bestseller. She knew that she would be introduced as Sophia Maria Beckett, the earl’s ward, but they would feel like sisters. Surely he’d want to know that she’d mastered the science of multiplying fractions, and that Miss Timmons had recently declared her French accent, “perfection.”. Nothing can ever come from their meeting, but Benedict doesn’t know that. If she were truly the daughter of the house, she’d be standing with her governess, awaiting the new countess. In 1817 as the age of 30 Benedict went to a party held by a fellow gentleman of the ton. Surely he’d still want to know how her studies were progressing, even now that he’d married. Rosamund liked nothing better than to pinch and twist the skin on the back of Sophie’s hand when Miss Timmons wasn’t looking. Fans felt that one character, Benedict Bridgerton played by Luke Thompson, showed signs throughout the show of being LGBT+ and were disappointed that his … The servants were lined up according to rank, from the butler right down to the lowliest scullery maid. “The Penwood crest. No one was more stunned than Araminta, who had been trying quite desperately since her wedding night to conceive the all-important heir. Sophie watched the new family walk up the stairs and then, as they disappeared onto the landing, she turned to Mrs. Gibbons and asked, “Do you think I should go up to help? One day he went for a swim in the pond beside his Cottage. Mrs. Gibbons was acting in a most peculiar manner, but Sophie humored her and followed along. The earl stepped down first, then reached in and helped down two young girls. Sophie let out a little moan. He settled funds on Rosamund, Posy, and even Sophie, ensuring that all three girls would have respectable dowries. And Sophie had stayed. But when the clock strikes midnight, Sophie… Abruptly, the countess let go of her chin. If Araminta was the devil she knew, then the rest of the world was the devil she didn’t. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. “Well, he has told me that this is the last year we may use Penwood House in London. Which takes place during the social season of 1817 although the start began in 1815. I am the dowager countess, after all, and Rosamund and Posy are the earl’s daughters. “Don’t tell Miss Rosamund,” the maid had whispered. I picked it out on a website featuring wedding couture and emailed the URL to my editor (who was married in shoes by the same designer!). But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Suddenly overcome with shyness, Sophie shrank into a corner as two footmen threw open the front doors with a flourish. The countess speared Sophie with an assessing look, then her eyes narrowed. We can return to arithmetic–”, “Just my girls,” the countess interrupted, her voice somehow hot and cold at the same time. “It must be repaired immediately,” Rosamund said with an affected sniff. “Well, cease your prattle immediately. “Sophie, I’ve been meaning to ask you, do you think this color is becoming on me?”, Sophie assessed Posy’s mermaid costume. As she was turning her head toward Rosamund, she caught sight of the housekeeper standing in the doorway. Mrs. Gibbons nodded, her eyes suspiciously bright. Sophie beamed. Perhaps she’d reread a novel. But he was busy saying something to the countess’s daughters, and he didn’t hear her. And her eyes, normally moss green, shone like emeralds. And most of all, she could remember standing on the doorstep in the rain, knowing that her grandmother was hiding in the bushes, waiting to see if Sophie was taken inside. Anyway, life finds them together again when he rescues her from being raped by a bunch of drunken lords. It is created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes. But she could not –or at least should not– complain. As Sophie watched through the window, the new countess stepped down from the carriage, her every movement so graceful and pure that Sophie was reminded of the delicate lark that occasionally came to splash in the birdbath in the garden. The countess turned her back on Sophie and said to the earl, “I assume you have had rooms prepared for Rosamund and Posy.”, He nodded. Sophie said nothing. “I have nothing suitable for such finery, I’m afraid.”. It was Mrs. Gibbons, who had come up from Penwood Park in the country when the town housekeeper had passed away. Six weeks on the USA Today bestseller list, peaking at #15. Skidding to a halt in the doorway to Rosamund’s bedroom and still catching her breath, Sophie said, “Yes?”, What Sophie wanted to say was, “It was warm when I brought it an hour ago, you lazy fiend.”, What she did say was, “I’ll get you another pot.”. With a sigh, Sophie turned around and made her way back up the steps. It was a demi-mask, the sort that tied at the back so that Sophie would not have to use one of her hands to hold it up. The Queen Elizabeth gown had, of course, been delivered from the dressmaker as a perfect fit, but Araminta insisted that it was now a quarter inch too large in the waist. The most humorous suggested title came from the folks at Barnes & Noble, who suggested, The shoe on the cover is a real shoe! When Sophie entered the nursery to take her supper, she noticed that the table had been set for two, not four, and Miss Timmons (who had miraculously recovered from her ailment) said that the new countess had told her that Rosamund and Posy were too tired from their travels to eat that evening. They are the daughters of the house now, and should not have to associate with the likes of you. Indeed, one cannot take two steps without being forced to listen to some society mama speculating on who will attend, and perhaps more importantly, who will wear what. Sophie’s twentieth birthday, however, had come and gone almost a year earlier, and here she was, still living at Penwood House, still waiting on Araminta hand and foot. Sophie had asked if she was planning to put a ring of faux blood around her neck. She disappeared without a trace, leaving him a glove but ultimately the glove led to nothing. She is ten.”. Benedict Bridgerton, the second son of Viscount Edmund Bridgerton and Lady Violet Bridgerton. Sophie shot a sympathetic look at the dark-haired Posy, who never received such compliments from her mother. Quit your dilly-dallying this minute and go put compresses on your eyes so they don’t look so puffy.”. Sophie was still apprehensive about wearing Araminta’s shoes, but she slipped one of her feet in, anyway. The countess’s fingernails were biting into the underside of her chin. “Faster than immediately,” she muttered. And because they loved her they pretended that she was exactly what the sixth Earl of Penwood said she was– the orphaned daughter of an old friend. It was a bit after nine, which meant she’d have more than two hours at the masquerade. “You’re his bastard, and don’t try to deny it.”. And of course the mending, the pressing, the hairdressing, the shoe polishing, the darning, the bedmaking…. Sophie sighed. Sophie allowed herself to be led up the three flights of stairs to her room, a tiny little chamber tucked under the eaves. “What about that?”, Sophie pulled out a pin and stuck it back in precisely the same spot. “Shall I leave the biscuits?” she asked. It was important to make a grand entrance, after all. Araminta snapped her fingers. ... She has also been seen as Sophie in Da Vinci’s Demons, Keren Smith in Poldark, and Princess Isabella in Knightfall. Right at the hem.”, Mrs. Gibbons turned over the one in her hand. “I would like you to show the girls around the house and garden.”, Miss Timmons nodded. Everyone knew Sophie was a bastard, and no one talked about it, and they were all quite happy with this arrangement. The new countess might not take kindly to the presence of her husband’s by-blow. Sophie never said anything; she rather doubted that Miss Timmons would have the courage to reprimand Rosamund (who would surely run to Araminta with a false tale), and if anyone noticed that Sophie’s hands were perpetually black and blue, no one ever said so. Sophie glanced back over at Posy, who was staring at her mother with a sad, wistful expression. Sophie Beckett/Benedict Bridgerton (43) Benedict Bridgerton/Henry Granville (24) Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sharma (19) Eloise Bridgerton/Phillip Crane (14) Eloise Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington (11) Minor or Background Relationship(s) (10) Anthony Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington (9) Sophie’s little sigh and wish was met with absolute silence… followed by the raucous laughter of both Araminta and Rosamund. Gone were the fine clothes she’d used to wear, replaced by the coarse wool of the servants. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight. But they loved little Sophie, had loved her since she’d arrived at Penwood Park at the age of three, a small bundle wrapped in a too-big coat, left on the doorstep on a rainy July night. No one knew what had been in the letter the housekeeper had fished from Sophie’s pocket when she’d been discovered that rainy midnight; the earl had burned the missive mere seconds after reading it. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. CHARACTERS: Benedict Bridgerton, Violet Bridgerton, Sophie Bridgerton. The trunk had held dresses belonging to the late earl’s mother. Faster than–”. She didn’t spend much time with the earl, but she was trotted out before him whenever he visited Penwood Park, and he always gave her a few minutes of his time, asking about her lessons before shooing her back up to the nursery. Rosamund and Posy took their cues from Araminta and treated Sophie with hostility and disdain, although Posy’s heart clearly wasn’t into torture and cruelty in the way Rosamund’s was. She’d found it easiest just to say “of course” on a regular basis in conversations with Araminta. And for Sophie, Whistledown was a tantalizing glimpse into the world that might have been hers, had her parents actually made their union legal. “I’m sorry,” she murmured. I could very well be with child.”. BENEDICT’S STORY. “There. Mrs. Gibbons had never referred to the earl as her father. “Don’t muss it!” one of the maids yelped. Yet, if he offers his heart, will Benedict sacrifice his only chance for a fairy tale love? Sophie smiled. That’s all the thanks I need.”. The dark green ribbons weren’t likely to show up very well against Posy’s dark hair, but she didn’t have the heart to point that out. “You don’t have to take her,” the solicitor reminded her. While swimming he noticed Sophie watching him and it led to an intimate moment between the two, which left him begging for her to be his mistress. And it’s monogrammed. And while Sophie didn’t exactly miss the earl when he was gone –it was hard to miss someone who didn’t pay her much attention when even he was there– she rather thought she might miss him if she got to know him better, and if she got to know him better, maybe he wouldn’t go away so often. “What is going on?”, Mrs. Gibbons turned to her and beamed. But it was either that or go without, and she didn’t think that bare feet would be acceptable at a fancy London masquerade. Everyone knew that Sophie Beckett was a bastard. WORD COUNT: 1,202. “And you haven’t even started getting ready. The butler presented the footmen, the chef, the housekeeper, the grooms. The earl was only forty years old. Gender Bridgerton fans - can we discuss the implication of casting a woman of color for Sophie Beckett? Most of the earl’s wishes were standard fare. “I beg your pardon?”, Mrs. Gibbons tugged at her elbow. “You were saying?”, “I was saying,” Araminta said in a nasty voice, “that you had better get to work on my gown this instant. Sophie Beckett/Benedict Bridgerton (62) Eloise Bridgerton/Phillip Crane (50) Anthony Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington (29) Francesca Bridgerton/Michael Stirling (20) Eloise Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington (19) Minor or Background Relationship(s) (17) Exclude Additional Tags Well, perhaps she wouldn’t want Araminta for a mother, but she wouldn’t mind a life of parties, routs, and musicales. “From Rosamund’s closet,” she said. Pippa Haywood plays Mrs Colson. The servants always knew everything, and it all reached Sophie’s ears eventually. “Your mother wants me to alter her gown.”, “Just pull the pins out and tell her you pulled it in. He is, however, fourteen years of age, and therefore not pertinent to this particular column, which concerns, as This Author’s columns often do, that most sacred of sports: husband-hunting.). “Fetch a pair from Posy’s closet.”, “Hers are even bigger,” Sophie said. That gold in your gown is an exquisite match to your hair.”. To my wife, Araminta Gunningworth, Countess of Penwood, I leave a yearly income of two thousand pounds–. It’s admirable of him to see to his mistakes, but it is an insult to me to have you in my home– fed, clothed, and educated as if you were his real daughter.”. Violet Bridgerton motherEdmund Bridgerton fatherAnthony Bridgerton brotherColin Bridgerton brotherDaphne Bridgerton sisterEloise Bridgerton sisterFrancesca Bridgerton sisterGregory Bridgerton brotherHyacinth Bridgerton sisterMarina Thompson 4th cousin
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