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Happy Mother’s Day!
“Mother’s Day Spirit, Captured in Painting of Mrs. Lymann and Daughters”
Photo Credit: North Carolina State Archives
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“And then, she found it. The nothingness…. and it was getting closer. A chill shot up her spine.”
– From Bethany Joy Lenz’s Part 10 of Diamond Gothic
“Diamond Gothic Sunday” tomorrow at HelloGiggles!
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*Spoiler Alert*
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Valet vs. Valet
Just so you know, there’s a whole range of duties for this important manservant role (and it doesn’t necessarily include parking cars).
Rough distinctions (and pronunciations) include:
Valet (pronounced “va-lit”)–– a man’s personal male attendant, especially responsible for his clothes and appearance; a hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
Valet (pronounced “vah-lay”)–– a person employed to park cars.
We make this distinction now, because you’re about to meet the Mason’s valet… and there’s a curious twist we thought we’d clarify in advance.
See you on Sunday at HelloGiggles for Bethany Joy’s Part 10!
Downton Abbey’s Mr. Crawley and his valet.
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Ready to start *really* delving into the mystery of this house? If you want to know anything… ask the servants.
See you at HelloGiggles on Sunday, May 13th for Bethany Joy Lenz’s gripping Part X of Diamond Gothic!
“Servant Staircase,” by James Hughes
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“Eve was going to have get smart. Not just loud. Annabell did not realize what kind of redhead she was dealing with–– and Annabell didn’t realize she was dealing with one.”
–– Diamond Gothic, Part 9
Abigail Spencer’s Part VIII of Diamond Gothic goes live on Sunday, May 6th! The drama continues…
(Source: randomhouse.com)
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What We Know (Thus Far) About Annabell
1.) She’s a normal 18-and-a-half-year-old teenager (with all the normal ups & downs that come with the age and being a girl), with the added (dis)advantages of great wealth, beauty, fashion, social status… and… a terrible secret she’s been keeping silent on since she was an 8-year-old child. (See DG’s Part 7.)
2.) She has a crush on Teddy Wentworth… and used to have one on his older brother, Jason. (See DG’s Part 3 & 4.)
3.) Somehow, the threat she makes on her pesky kid-brother (about the coyotes in DG’s Part 2), lands on her doorstep and at her brother’s feet. (See DG’s Part 5.)
4.) It seems like she actually has *some* affection for her ginger-haired brother (see DG’s Part 6), even though he’s a devil who makes her life EVER-so-challenging…
5.) She loves her dad (see DG’s Part 3), but clearly struggles with his alcoholism & secrecy (DG’s Part 8).
6.) She defers to her mother, and bows to her mother’s will, at least as much as she loves and/or challenges her. (See DG’s Part 7 & 8.)
7.) She has some serious issue with dear ol’, siren-haired cousin Eve Harling. (DG’s Part 7 & 8.)
8.) She somehow ends up as a Mrs. Hayworth… with a bullet in her belly. (DG’s Part 1.)
What else have *you* spotted & summed up?
Tweet/msg us back with your observations & thoughts!
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The mystery deepens–– what is Eve Harling doing in Savannah, GA? There is so much more going on below the surface of this mansion and those Southern manners….
Find out more on Sunday, April 29th, when JC Coccoli brings us Diamond Gothic’s Part VIII!
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“… This Georgia heat really is getting to everybody, hmm?”
- Diamond Gothic, Part VIII
“Gothic Trees, Savannah, GA” by Viola17
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Spotlight: Real Women Highlighted in DG’s Part VII
Mary Pickford - she played “America’s Sweetheart” on the Silent Screen, and off-camera, a vital role in shaping Hollywood (and women’s) history.
Ruth Etting - another “America’s Sweetheart” (this one of song) who had over 60 hit recordings on stage, radio and film. (Click here for the song Annabell played on the Victrola in Part VII.)
Annette Hanshaw - the “Personality Girl” embodied the flapper spirit in the jazz age. (Annabell day-dreamed to this song in DG’s Part VII.)
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