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  1. Public Bookmark 3

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    It's been four days since Matthew disappeared; three days since Mary gave birth to little, precious George and kissed her husband for the last time before the police found his car — or rather what was left of it — burning in a ditch at the edge of town. Despite their best effort to put out the fire and rummage through the heaps of charred carrosserie, there was no body to be recovered nor bones to be unveiled from amidst the ashes. Not even the search parties that scoured the surrounding fields and forests managed to find any trace of where he might have gone if he had indeed survived the crash. Matthew's body seemed to have been swallowed whole by the muddy ground underneath.

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    Mary mourns, but Matthew survives despite it all.

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    18 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 3

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    "She writes him few letters that year. They are polite, proper, correct. She tells him the major news of the village, the widely-known gossip about the lives of her sisters, expresses honest but overly simplified wishes that he come home safe.

    They are open, honest with each other about all but one thing (the most important thing) in person, but for some reason, a letter, which should free her to write as she wishes, without fear of watching the immediate consequences, has the opposite effect. She's more guarded, more careful to conceal. She fills them with platitudes because somehow, she's afraid committing even the tiniest portion of the truth to paper will force her to acknowledge it."
    Reposting from ffn.net. Originally posted in February 2012

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    28 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 30

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    When Matthew Crawley, a partner at Swire, Weatherby & Crawley, posted an ad for an articled clerk at The Times, he did not expect to end up facing the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen the very next morning.

    “Mr Crawley, let me first state several facts to save time. First of all, I am not here to seek a position as a secretary; I want to be your articled clerk to become a solicitor, which the Sex Disqualification Act does allow me to attempt if I find a qualified solicitor willing to be my supervisor. Yes, my title is real and my father is an earl, but it has no bearing on the fact that I want to become a solicitor. No, I won’t leave your firm halfway through my apprenticeship to get married since I already am. No, I won’t be missing work all the time to take care of my children, since I don’t have any. No, I won’t quit halfway through the apprenticeship to have a baby, since it’s highly unlikely I’m going to get pregnant any time soon. Yes, I am very sure of that. No, I am not just here to waste your time, assuming your ad in the jobs section of The Times is genuine and you’re really looking for an apprentice. If it’s not, you’re wasting my time.”

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    18 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 4

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    Matthew dances with other women at the ball, but has eyes only for his wife.

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    10 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 5

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    "For who could ever learn to love a beast?"

    A Downton Abbey fairytale about a curse, a forgotten castle, and all who lived inside.

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    15 Nov 2025