Story for the Day: The Duchess of Marridon
The Dutchess of Marridon is a major character in the Haanta Series novels . She is mentioned in the novella "The Reporter from Marridon" , but only enters the series in book 2. Here is Her Grace's entrance: The Duchess of Marridon was a tall, thin and upright woman, made so by many years of stays and finery to decorate her person and of having to keep a certain countenance in front of so many spectators at the Chambers. She was a woman of unexceptionable breeding: she spoke well, walked with elegance, moved with exquisite grace, and officiated every order to her maids and footmen with a twirl of her wrist and a flick of her white lace fan. Her slender form was ornamented in tasteful yet outlandish attire: her dress was of plain white lace but her train was so long that it must be carried by an attendant and her brim of her hat so wide and top so tall that she was forced to adjust its position on her head when walking through the main entrance of the keep. Her charact...
