Post by Ellinda on Nov 9, 2007 12:52:49 GMT -5
Mistress Evalina Rivers, bastard daughter of some Riverlands lord, barmaid, adventuress, and mistress of a number of other Riverland Lords and adopted mother of the bastard Tytos Rivers summoned her son back to her comfortable 10 room cottage. It wasn't grand but it did reflect a judicious investment of wealth gained from working on her back. Mistress Rivers was a striking woman and had made full use of her assets to gain herself a tidy little nest egg.
What she craved most of all, however, was respectability. While she had no patience for marriage on her own account, she wanted in to polite society. She also had no wish to be the grandmother of bastards. "You," she said, pointing a red lacquered fingernail at her son, "Need to be married. You need to marry a nice girl with a bit of land , And With No Trace of Bastardy. It is up to you to make us respectable."
She thought for a moment. "Shall we change our name? Make it less obvious that we are tainted? You are 3/4s a lord, I think it is fully justified you taking any name you want. I will look out for some nice girls for you. You will choose one of them or answer me why you haven't. I'm thinking a party might be the way to decide, or perhaps a fair. Give you a chance to meet the girls and steal a kiss or two." She grinned and winked at her son, "I don't think you'd do well with a milk and water miss who wouldn't let you at least steal a kiss. Got too much of your ma and da in you. My late sister and Blackwood always did enjoy a tumble"
What she craved most of all, however, was respectability. While she had no patience for marriage on her own account, she wanted in to polite society. She also had no wish to be the grandmother of bastards. "You," she said, pointing a red lacquered fingernail at her son, "Need to be married. You need to marry a nice girl with a bit of land , And With No Trace of Bastardy. It is up to you to make us respectable."
She thought for a moment. "Shall we change our name? Make it less obvious that we are tainted? You are 3/4s a lord, I think it is fully justified you taking any name you want. I will look out for some nice girls for you. You will choose one of them or answer me why you haven't. I'm thinking a party might be the way to decide, or perhaps a fair. Give you a chance to meet the girls and steal a kiss or two." She grinned and winked at her son, "I don't think you'd do well with a milk and water miss who wouldn't let you at least steal a kiss. Got too much of your ma and da in you. My late sister and Blackwood always did enjoy a tumble"
Hope you all are well and happy.