Happiest of days!!!

[alexandral]

Happy birthday to soniag and earlgrayhot. It has been wonderful to "meet" you on LJ, so many good times ! Thank you very much, ladies!

I have tried to find similar interests for both of you. I am not sure if I am correct but it seems that both of you like tea and BBC adaption of Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South". In honour of your birthdays, one of my favouritest scenes in "North and Sounth", in which Margaret is pouring tea for Mr. Thornton, in pictures. Oh, Smoldering glances! Oh, hand touching!

I adore the following passage from the book. Mr.Thornton is having tea with Hale's family for the first time and Margaret pouring it:

"It appeared to Mr. Thornton that all these graceful cares were
habitual to the family; and especially of a piece with Margaret.
She stood by the tea-table in a light-coloured muslin gown, which
had a good deal of pink about it. She looked as if she was not
attending to the conversation, but solely busy with the tea-cups,
among which her round ivory hands moved with pretty, noiseless,
daintiness. She had a bracelet on one taper arm, which would fall
down over her round wrist. Mr. Thornton watched the replacing of
this troublesome ornament with far more attention than he
listened to her father. It seemed as if it fascinated him to see
her push it up impatiently, until it tightened her soft flesh;
and then to mark the loosening--the fall. He could almost have
exclaimed--'There it goes, again!'"

Comments

[dianora77.livejournal.com]

Eeep! I adore North & South! :D

[bzoppa.livejournal.com]

I got the book a while ago, when you (or someone else) said the BBC adaptation rivals Pride and Prejudice. I got maybe halfway through it and was a little bored.

I just got it back out from the library and plan to finish it up this time around. I'm so excited! Then I'll watch the movie.

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

*makes note of rewatching North & South this summer*

I love that scene. Because, as you say, smouldering glances and hand touching!Yaaay! And Margareth being taken a bit by surprise.
(though my favourite scene is still the last one at the train station. Ahem. ;) )

[winterspel.livejournal.com]

*swoons* Your picspam is spectacular! I love it. :)

[soniag.livejournal.com]

OMG! Thanks! The passage + picspam = something even sexier than sex!

Oh, Smoldering glances! Oh, hand touching!

I just swooned about five times! Someone bring me the smelling salts!

[earlgrayhot.livejournal.com]

Well you got my interests right on the nose ;) And what a scene - the book excerpt and the film screen-caps .... yummmmmm

Thank you very much! Couldn't ask for a better prezzie!

[elspethsheir.livejournal.com]

I love that we all benefit on birthdays! Huzzah for Mr. Thornton, and for you, for sharing this!!

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness! So much pretty! I want to watch North & South! :D And the tea set! LOVE!

[trailer-spot.livejournal.com]

Another very kind soul provided me with a copy of the DVDs of the mini-series a few weeks ago. But I haven't found time yet to watch them. :)

[himmapaan.livejournal.com]

Ah, isn't that wonderful? :)