The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Volume 1

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Volume 1 is a novel written by Beth Brower. I have been summoned. My vision of the morning included a solitary walk in Hyde Park, so I do not welcome being sent for-but when Lady Eugenia Spencer sum- mons, one prepares. I now consider my wardrobe and record a precise report of my circumstances, however melancholy the exercise. I can either wear the grey dress or the brown, which, in certain light, I can almost believe to be a faded purple. Those are the only two dresses I have to my name. Cousin Matilde, responsible for my clothing the last three years, has dressed me in a perpetual state of half-mourning. Or brown. Which, to the sensitive soul, is the same thing. She does not believe in colour on, and I quote, "An insufficiently funded young women." As for my coats, they are of equal number. Two. A very stiff and cheaply made black-each time I wear it, I feel like an undertaker. And a brown-worn through and patched on both elbows. I patched them myself, choosing from the scrap bin a shocking green Matilde did not care for but could not prevent, for I mended my coat while she was asleep. Despite the coat being the colour of mud, it fits me perfectly. And the lining, while also brown, has a slight hint of flowers. When Matilde saw the demure floral, the following exchange took place: "Flowers inside the brown coat of a poor girl is immoral," said she. "Oh, Cousin Matilde! Did you say this brown coat makes me look immortal? Why, what a fine compliment. I shall leave you now and write it in my journal." Template:InfoboxBook

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Emma M. Lion arrives in London after a long absence.