The Noble Bachelor: Flora Millar

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Noble Bachelor
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G




Flora Millar
Should have known Lord St Simon would not fulfil ‘er
Desires for matrimonial life
Like many another he looked for a more ‘suitable’ wife

Comments

[minervas-eule.livejournal.com]

Great rhythm!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

I don't think I've seen you around much, so welcome to the comm, it's lovely to meet you.

[minervas-eule.livejournal.com]

I am a friend of vaysh, that's how I found the comm; I am reading for a couple of months now (having just finished ACD's complete works ;-) ); sadly I am not much of a writer :-(

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

We are delighted to see you, however you choose to join in.

[vaysh]

It's wonderful to see you hear, M. ♥

[debriswoman]

Very nice rhyme pattern:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

"Millar/fulfill 'er" is very neat ^_^

I suppose Miss Millar allowed affection to blind her to the reality of her situation with Lord St. Simon - he was never going to treat her well in the end.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I was rather impressed with myself ;)

I imagine that St Simon was the sort of man who would say what he thought Flora wanted to hear without promising her anything, and not caring what she understood by his words.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this fun 60, and let's hope frankles' 60 is right.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm sure she is!

[vaysh]

Wonderful rhyming!
I feel, I have to admit, a bit more lenient towards Lord St Simon. The story does hint, I think, that Robert's father, the Duke of Balmoral, is more or less forcing him to marry someone with money and would never admit a marriage to a danseuse. During those times, too, I think it would have been impossible for St. Simon to marry a woman of a different class, no matter how much he loved her. Holmes' final words in the story, too, seem to indicate that he understands something of the difficult position "noble bachelors" would find themselves in.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I agree that St Simon was in a difficult position, but I also think that he led Flora on, with no intention of fulfilling hinted promises.