Friday, February 16, 2018

A Tale of Two, Part 7: Caroline, Josef

September 13, 1891

Soon it shall no longer be the thirteenth, but it shall be the fourteenth. That is the wonder of city parties. They go on for hours, never seeming to end. If Josef were still with me, he might remark that I am glowing. The dress he provided me with is perhaps the best I shall ever wear. Oh how I wish the night had never ended. Granted Father will probably have me married to Paul Brown before the new year has settled, I cannot help but long for Josef. My dowry is meager, so the chances of such a match are likewise.

September 14, 1891

The night could not have been more splendid if it tried with all of God’s will behind it! Caroline was a vision of beauty, grace, humor, intelligence…the list goes on! What she was not was everything a jealous woman might be.

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