Title: Maid in Waiting
Author: tinx_r
Fandom: Georgette Heyer's Sprig Muslin
Genre/Rating: Gen/Het/G
Wordcount: 1000
Pairing/Characters: Sir Gareth/Lady Hester
Notes/Warnings: For Yuletide 2013. Character study: Lady Hester theale
Summary: Lady Hester Theale had a dream, once...

( But, down deep, she believed that when he came, she would know him -- her heart would know him -- and that he would carry her off from the dark, crumbling pile of Brancaster (or Grosvenor Square, if one wanted to be precise) to a life of happiness and a whole new kind of enchantment. )