💎Gif Quote Series: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn💎part 3 of 3💎
My edition. (For the page number references).
My audible audiobook.
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"Make sure you eliminate the ruffle on the sleeve. It's dreadfully distracting. And it itches. I had half a mind to rip it off right there at the Ashbourne ball."
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“You should have a tulip,” he said matter-of-factly. “It isn’t right that Edwina receives all the flowers.”
- JULIA QUINN, The Viscount Who Loved Me (2000)
“Kate had the distinct impression he was agreeing to go for the sole purpose of vexing her.” (Chapter 4, Page 73)
Even [Kate's] mouth, which vexed him to no end with its endless stream of insults and opinions, was too full." (Chapter 5, Page 105)
“I know you did it just to vex me.” (Chapter 10, Page 197)
“This has to be the most self-centered thing I’ve ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me.” (Chapter 10, Page 197)
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“You’re perfect,” he whispered, his large hands moving urgently over her body, one settling on her waist and the other moving up toward the gentle swell of her breast.
“Right here, right now, in this moment, in this garden, you’re perfect.”
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She had lovely hair, long and lustrous and thick.
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"I've never been one for lukewarm tea." - Kate Sheffield Sharma
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"Did you have something specific you wanted to ask me, my lord," she asked, once her hand was safely away from his and her fingers wrapped around the handle of her own teacup.
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"Friendship between the husband and the wife is of utmost imporance, he continued, "even more important, in my opinion, than love....Our marriage will be one based on mutual friendship and respect, he pontifcated, "and I for one could not be more pleased."
The whole idea of "friendship being a precursor to marriage" was actually part of the Anthony/Kate courtship. Anthony Bridgerton has been basically "leg-shackled" into marrying Kate, because he was trying to suck the bee venom out of her breast, and if he did not marry her, she would be ruined. It is on their wedding night where he realizes he actually loves her. He is content to omit love from the equation (as he stated when he put out his requirements for a wife). He states that friendship in a marriage is paramount, even more important than love.
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She held out her hand, cursing at herself when she realized she was trembling - not a great deal, but surely enough for him to notice. He didn't say a word, though, just steadied her hand with his as he used the other to slip the ring on her finger.
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He loved that she reacted this way, thrilled that he did this to her. “So good,” he murmured, his breath hot and moist against her skin. “You taste so damn good.”
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It has come to This Authors attention that the wedding of Lord Bridgerton and Miss Sharma Sheffield is to be a small, intimate, and private affair.
In other words, This Author is not invited.
Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, 13 May 1814
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Mary looked up sharply. “No, you don’t see. And I hope you never do. But that is beside the point. I always swore that no daughter of mine would enter into marriage ignorant of what occurs between a husband and wife.” “I’m already aware of the basics of the maneuver,” Kate admitted. Clearly surprised, Mary asked, “You are?” Kate nodded. “It can’t be very much different from animals.” Mary shook her head, her lips pursed into a slightly amused smile. “No, it’s not.” Kate pondered how best to phrase her next question. From what she’d seen on her neighbor’s farm back in Somerset, the act of procreation didn’t look terribly enjoyable at all. But when Anthony kissed her, she felt as if she were losing her mind. And when he kissed her twice, she wasn’t even sure if she wanted it back! Her entire body tingled, and she suspected that if their recent encounters had occurred in more suitable locales, she would have let him have his way with her with nary a protest. But then there was that awful screaming mare at the farm…. Frankly, the various pieces of the puzzle didn’t seem to reconcile.
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"...she was in a carriage."
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Even in her wedding gown she smelled of lilies and soap, that maddening scent that had haunted him for weeks.
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“I’m not beautiful,” she whispered, her eyes meeting his. She looked shattered and broken, but before he could contradict her, she asked, “Who were you picturing?”
Her lower lip trembled between her teeth, and a muscle spasmed in her neck. “Do you- do you think of Edwina?”
“Listen to me,” he said, his voice even and intense, “and listen well, because I’m only going to say this once. I desire you. I burn for you. I can’t sleep at night for wanting you. Even when I didn’t like you, I lusted for you. It’s the most maddening, beguiling, damnable thing, but there it is.
Could you not sleep? If your lodgings are not comfortable…
No. It is the storm. I have always found them unsettling. My father used to read to me during the monsoons. Now the rain makes me think of him.
I liked this nod to the books. The Netflix show recreates Kate's discomfort with storms. I felt the book infantalized Kate a bit, especially in the part where she called for her mother like a child, sort of sleep-talking. Daphne is a lot more "kick-ass" than Kate, especially in the book series. Daphne punches three men in the first book, lol.
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“…Furthermore, he always dances with her one more time than is considered de rigueur. Considering how many husbands don’t like to dance with their wives at all, this is romantic stuff, indeed.” -
LADY WHISTLEDOWN’S SOCIETY PAPERS, 10 JUNE 1814
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The next few weeks flew by in a delirious rush. After a brief stay in the country at Aubrey Hall, the newlyweds returned to London, where the season was in full swing.
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Kate felt an unexpected welling of tears in her eyes. She hadn’t realized just how pressured Edwina must have felt earlier that season. She and Mary had been careful to assure Edwina that she might marry anyone she liked, but they had all known exactly where their finances stood, and they had certainly all been guilty of making jokes about how it was just as easy to fall in love with a wealthy man as it was with a poor one.
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"...but truly, I don't need silks or jewels." -Edwina Sharma
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...he could smell her scent in the fabric. More soap than lilies this time, he thought with a careful sniff. Perhaps the lilies were a perfume, something she added at night.
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She arched her neck and kissed him back, full on the lips, then settled into her pillow. “I hope we’ll be like this always,” she murmured, yawning yet again as sleep overtook her. “Always and forever.”
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Three hours later, Kate was installed in her bed, certainly not comfortable but at least in a bit less pain thanks to the laudanum Anthony had forced down her throat the minute they’d gotten home. Her leg had been expertly set by the three surgeons Anthony had summoned (not, as all three surgeons had pointed out, that more than one was needed to set a bone, but Anthony had crossed his arms implacably and stared them all down until they’d shut up), and a physician had stopped by to leave several prescriptions that he swore would hasten the bone-knitting process.
Anthony had fussed over her like a mother hen, second-guessing every move from every doctor until one of them had actually had the audacity to ask him when he’d received his license from the Royal College of Physicians.
Anthony had not been amused.
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Love isn’t about being afraid that it will all be snatched away. Love’s about finding the one person who makes your heart complete, who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. It’s about looking in the eyes of your wife and knowing, all the way to your bones, that she’s simply the best person you’ve ever known.” - Anthony Bridgerton
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Kate could have been a queen with her scepter as she stood there, all covered with mud.
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"You're the one who needs a bath." - Anthony Bridgerton to Kate Sheffield Sharma Bridgerton
kate and anthony week 2022 » day 1 | riding at dawn
“Lord Bridgerton?”
“Yes?” His answer was immediate.
Her gaze snapped to his; he was looking as if whatever she was about to say, he would hold in great regard. And maybe he would. They just looked at each other, both unable to look away. Kate wasn’t sure what to say, she felt as if they were on the edge of something. Together.
or, Kate and Anthony horse riding in 5 parts.
and when i was shipwrecked, i thought of you; in the cracks of light, i dreamed of you (ao3)