“That’s what I told Miss Bringhurst, but she went in anyway.”Ī smile twitched at his lips. “Perhaps I ought to stay clear of that room.” He was hoping to tease a smile from the maid, but she only grimaced. Down in the morning room with Lady Falkham, Lady Calvert, Mrs. The maid sighed, a reaction not common in hired help. Sarah, isn’t it? You are attending to Miss Bringhurst still?” He ran into Ellen’s maid in the hall, a basket full of multicolored ribbons in her arms. After he freshened up, he went in search of her. This close to their wedding, he thought she might have been home making arrangements and plans. He hardly expected to learn from the butler that Ellen yet remained, with her brother, as a guest in the home. The wedding was but eight days away and Marcus arrived to spend time with his mother at Collin’s estate. As it was taken out early in the process, it was never fully edited. This scene takes place between Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 of the finished novel. So, it was cut.īut I still have the scene, and I'm going to share it with you now! Then I went back through and found a scene that was just "extra." It didn't add much to the plot and established something about my hero, Marcus, too early. In His Bluestocking Bride, I had to rid the book of an entire character. Authors write a LOT and, sometimes, we create entire books, characters, and scenes that never make it to the publishing stage.
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